Pérez began his career in karting at the age of six in 1996. His sister Paola is the foundation's president. In November 2012, Pérez unveiled the Checo Pérez Foundation to support orphans and children with cancer. In an interview in 2012 for the official Formula One website, Pérez revealed that if he had not been a driver he would have liked to have been a lawyer. The brothers are friends of Mexican footballer Javier Hernández. īoth Pérez brothers are association football fans, stating that they thought about leaving car racing to play professionally. Pérez is married to Carola Martínez, and they have three children. Personal life īorn in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Pérez is the youngest child of Antonio Pérez Garibay and Marilú Mendoza de Pérez he also has an older sister Paola and an older brother Antonio, a retired stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Mexico Series. He has a contract with Red Bull Racing until the end of the 2024 season. In December, Pérez signed with Red Bull Racing for the 2021 season. In September 2020, Racing Point announced that Pérez would be leaving the team at the end of the season as Sebastian Vettel, a four-time F1 world champion, had been signed to replace him. In 2019, Racing Point signed a three-year extension with Pérez. He remained with Force India when the team went into administration in 2018 and reformed as the Racing Point team for 2019.
įorce India signed Pérez for the 2014 season with a €15 million contract. Subsequently, the team decided to replace Pérez with Kevin Magnussen for the 2014 season. Pérez joined McLaren for the 2013 season, but the team did not score a single podium finish.
Due to his young age and performance, he was referred to as "The Mexican Wunderkind". He took his first Formula One podium at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix with Sauber. He made his Formula One debut driving for Sauber during the 2011 season. Up until 2012, Pérez was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
He earned his first Formula One pole position at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, breaking the record for the most races before a first pole position at 215. He won his first Grand Prix driving for Racing Point at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, breaking the record for the number of starts before a race win at 190. Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza ( Spanish: ( listen) born 26 January 1990) is a Mexican racing driver who races in Formula One for Red Bull Racing, having previously driven for Sauber, McLaren, Force India, and Racing Point.
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