MEXICO.- The Mexican pilot Sergio “Checo” Pérez He said on Tuesday that he is happy that he will run in his country. Formula 1 Grand Prix number 300, in the midst of his return to motorsports after a year without a team.
Pérez returned to the top category of motorsports at the premiere of cadillac in the Big Top, after his controversial departure from Red Bull at the end of the 2024 season. He has participated in all 18 races of the current series, without scoring points until now.
On Sunday he will run in the Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome of the Mexico City. In 2025 he watched the test from home.
“How crazy to be able to celebrate my 300 Grand Prix at home, because of everything that had to happen, the races that had to be canceled or that I missed, and for having missed a year,” he said in a press conference also attended by dozens of fans.
Since his debut in 2011, Pérez, 36, has raced in 299 races. He won six and in 39 he was on the podium.
He also plans to race his car in an exhibition on Wednesday at the nerve center. Paseo de la Reforma of the capital.
“I’m happy, it’s going to be a special weekend for me,” he said.
In August 2025, Pérez signed a two-year contract with his current team in which he has the Finn as a teammate. Valtteri Bottas.
“My biggest challenge and goal is to take Cadillac forward, we start from the back,” he said. “We knew it was going to be a complicated year, starting from scratch, I am confident that next year, halfway through the season, we will be consolidated as a team and fighting for important results.”
No hard feelings with “Mad Max”
He also assured that he had no resentment against Red Bull or his former teammate, the four-time Dutch world champion. Max Verstappen.
“I found my ceiling at Red Bull very quickly and there was no more for me, I am very grateful to the owners of a team that transformed my career,” commented Pérez, who also raced in F1 with Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing Point.
After the press conference, Pérez played soccer with figures from the Mexican first division such as the Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas and the Argentine midfielder Carlos Rotondi.
Legendary former Mexican players also participated, such as goalkeeper Jorge Campos and Luis “El Matador” Hernández.
