Drivers
Sergio Perez
- Team Cadillac
- Date of birth 26/01/1990
- Place of birth Guadalajara, Mexico
- Debut Australia, 2011 (Sauber)
To recap: Perez, runner-up to teammate Max Verstappen in the 2023 championship, was signed to a multi-year extension by Red Bull Racing midway through 2024 before being sacked at the end of that same season after his underperformance cost his team a constructors’ title, a move that was justifiable at the time but could be reconsidered in retrospect after Liam Lawson, then Yuki Tsunoda, fared worse.
Tossed a lifeline, Perez will likely reprise his early-career past with Force India/Racing Point, where he gained a reputation as a safe set of hands capable of occasional results that defied expectations. Those results won’t come with any silverware at Cadillac, but that the Mexican is on the grid again is akin to a win.
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