Nationality: Mexico
Date of Birth: 26 January 1990
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 6
Races started: 281
Pole positions: 3
Teams:
Red Bull 2021 - 2024,
Racing Point 2018 - 2020,
Force India 2014 - 2018,
McLaren 2013,
Sauber 2011 - 2012
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. He struggled in the 2024 season, consistently under-performing leading to Red Bull replacing him for the 2025 season.
Previous seasons
2024
Team: Red Bull
Position: 8
Points: 152
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Sergio Perez had a difficult 2024 season being constantly out performed by a significant margin by team mate Max Verstappen. As a consequence his contract was terminated at the end of the season and replaced by Liam Lawson.
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
Pole positions: 1 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
Pole positions: 0 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
Pole positions: 0 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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
Pole positions: 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 second in Monza and a third in Canada.
2011
Team: Sauber
Position: 16
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Sergio Perez had a mixed first season in F1 with both points finishes and accidents.
