Sergio Perez

Nationality: Mexico
Date of Birth: 26 January 1990
Drivers championships: None
Grand Prix victories: 6
Races started: 261
Pole positions: 3
Teams Red Bull 2021 - Present, Racing Point 2018 - 2020, Force India 2014 - 2018, McLaren 2013, Sauber 2011 - 2012
Sergio Perez

Sergio Perez career

Sergio Perez (nickname of Checo) is a Mexican driver who came to Formula 1 via Formula 3 and GP2 and would have scored points in his first race but the car was disqualified on a technicality.
Sergio Perez achieved the second podium finish for Force India in 2014, although was out scored over the season by his team mate.
In a wet race in Malaysia in 2012 he came second with his Sauber's best result so far. After a season McLaren he moved to Force India which became Racing Point. He was replaced by Sebastian Vettel for the 2021 season but was signed up by Red Bull. He played a significant role in helping Max Verstappen to his first world title and Red Bull pushing Mercedes close for the constructors championship.

Previous seasons

2024

Team Red Bull
Position:
Points:
Race wins:
Pole positions:

2023

Team Red Bull
Position: 2
Points: 285
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 2
Sergio Perez finished second in the championship, though a long way behind team mate Max Verstappen. He had two race wins early in the season but then had some mixed races.

2022

Team Red Bull
Position: 3
Points: 305
Race wins: 2
Sergio Perez had a season long battle with Charles Leclerc for second in the drivers championship but eventually lost out to Leclerc, but his contribution helped Red Bull to the constructors championship.

2021

Team Red Bull
Position: 4
Points: 190
Race wins: 1
Sergio Perez moved to Red Bull for the 2021 season having been dropped by Racing Point who brought in Sebastian Vettel to replace him. He contributed to a very good season for Red Bull with 1 race win and 5 podium finished helping team mate Max Verstappen to his first title and pushing Mercedes close for the constructors championship.

2020

Team Racing Point
Position: 4
Points: 125
Race wins: 1
Sergio Perez had a good final season with Racing Point finishing 4th in the drivers championship and scoring points in all the races he finished. After 190 race starts he finally won a race, in Bahrain.

2019

Team Racing Point
Position: 10
Points: 52
Race wins: 0
The development of this years car was disrupted by the change from Force India to Racing Point the previous year. He had a difficult first half of the season, but scored most of his points in the second half of the season.

2018

Team Racing Point
Position: 8
Points: 62
Race wins: 0
He had one podium finish in the first half of the season. Mid-season he was one of the creditors that put put Force India into receivership before it was taken over by a Lawrence Stroll led consortium.

2017

Team Force India
Position: 7
Points: 100
Race wins: 0
Sergio Perez had a consistent season scoring points in all but 3 races in the season

2016

Team Force India
Position: 7
Points: 101
Race wins: 0
This season he had two podium finishes and consistently scored points in the second half of the season.

2015

Team Force India
Position: 9
Points: 78
Race wins: 0
Sergio Perez had one podium finish this season and scored points in 12 of the 19 rounds of the championship.

2014

Team Force India
Position: 10
Points: 59
Race wins: 0
Sergio Perez achieved the second podium finish for Force India in 2014, although was out scored over the season by his team mate.

2013

Team McLaren
Position: 11
Points: 49
Race wins: 0
For the 2013 season Sergio Perez moved to McLaren to replace Lewis Hamilton. He had a consistent season scoring points in over half the races.

2012

Team Sauber
Position: 10
Points: 66
Race wins: 0
In a wet race in Malaysia in 2012 he came second with his Sauber's best result so far. He followed this up with another seond in Monza and a third in Canada.

2011

Team Sauber
Position: 16
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Sergio Perez had a mixed first season in F1 with both points finishes and accidents.