Sergio Pérez

Sergio Pérez
Driver data
Born	26 January 1990 (1990-01-26) Guadalajara, Mexico
Nationality	MEX
Formula One World Championship career
Status	Active
Years active	2011–present
Car no.	11
2021 team	Red Bull-Honda
Previous teams	Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point
Championship titles	0
Races	196 (192 starts)
Pole positions	0
Wins	1
Podiums	10
Fastest laps	4
Career points	716
First race	2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last race	2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
Only win	2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
2019 position	10th (52 Pts)
2020 position	4th (125 Pts)

Sergio Pérez Mendoza (born January 26, 1990 in Guadalajara) is currently a driver for Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen. Pérez was one of four drivers who débuted in 2011 for Sauber, with the others being Pastor Maldonado, Paul di Resta and Jérôme d'Ambrosio. He is the first Mexican driver in Formula One in 30 years since Héctor Rebaque in 1981. He scored his first podium at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, after fighting for the lead with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, being the first Mexican to do so in more than 40 years.

Pérez drove for McLaren in 2013, and was dropped from the team at the end of year. He joined the Force India team for the following season, with 11 as his racing number. He remained with the team as it evolved into Racing Point in 2019, and took his first race victory at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, the first for a Mexican since Pedro Rodríguez.

As Racing Point evolved into Aston Martin in 2021, with Sebastian Vettel replacing him, Perez was announced to be racing in Red Bull for the season.

Formula One Career

2011

In October 2010, it was announced that Pérez would drive for the Sauber team in 2011 alongside Kamui Kobayashi. In his first race, in Australia, he finished seventh, stopping for tyres only once. Unfortunately, he and his team-mate, who finished one place behind, were disqualified due to a rear wing infringement, which meant that Pérez would become one of the very few drivers to be disqualified from their first Formula One race, along with Robert Kubica, Martin Brundle, Eppie Wietzes and Stefan Bellof. It was also the first race disqualification since Lewis Hamilton at the same circuit in 2009.

In Malaysia, Pérez, whose dream season had been turned into a nightmare, was suffering even more when his car was struck by a piece of debris, damaging the Sauber and causing Pérez to retire. In China, he finished outside the points, in 17th, being penalized with a "drive through" and "stop and go". In Turkey, Pérez, who still had no points, finished again outside the points, in 14th. In Spain, Pérez scored his first points of the season, finishing 9th and scoring two points. However, this would have been eight points had the young Mexican not been disqualified in Australia. In Monaco, only 23 cars started as Pérez had suffered a terrible accident in the third qualifying session. Pérez had just exited the tunnel when his Sauber crashed into the barrier separating the track and escape road. He suffered a sprained thigh and concussion and was unable to start the race. In Canada, Pérez was replaced by ex-Sauber driver and current McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa, as Pérez was still feeling unwell after his Monaco accident. de la Rosa finished 12th in the race. At Valencia, Pérez recovered from his injuries and was well enough to race. He finished 11th, just outside the points.

2012

Perez driving the C31

2012 turned out to be Pérez's best season with Sauber, with three podiums, including a couple of second place finishes in Malaysia and Italy. He was the first Mexican on an F1 podium since Pedro Rodriguez in 1970, and his podium at Malaysia was Sauber's first podium since the 2003 United States Grand Prix, but also the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix if BMW Sauber counts.

In the former, he briefly led the race (laps 14-15 and 40-41) and lost out when he ran wide into the gravel, allowing Fernando Alonso to win. In the latter, he finished behind Lewis Hamilton's McLaren, and all three drivers on the podium were eliminated on the first lap of the previous round, the Belgian Grand Prix, thanks to Romain Grosjean's antics which earned him a ban from the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton, Grosjean and Pérez also finished on the podium together in Canada.

2013

Pérez moved to McLaren for 2013 after Hamilton departed to Mercedes to replace 7-time World Champion Michael Schumacher.

In a horrible season for McLaren, Pérez did not regain his winning form of 2012 and could not finish any higher than fifth, despite finishing every race of the season, while his more experienced team-mate Jenson Button finished fourth in the last race of the season in Brazil. Pérez and Button also starred in the McLaren-produced cartoon Tooned, focusing on the team's 50th anniversary.

Pérez was dropped from McLaren after only a single season for the British outfit, and replaced by Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen.

2014

Pérez made his Force India debut in 2014, partnering Nico Hülkenberg, who returns to the team after a year off. The Mexican became the team's first non-European driver.

In the third race at Bahrain, he scored his first podium since 2012 and the team's second podium since the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix where Giancarlo Fisichella scored. He described the podium as a special podium.

Pérez was involved in a huge crash at Canada with Felipe Massa after a contact. He was deemed a 5-place grid penalty for his next race and the penalty was upheld by the Austrian stewards.

Pérez had another big crash at Hungary when he spun out at the final corner on lap 23. He later admitted that it was his fault that he crashed into the wall.

2015

Pérez continued to drive for Force India in 2015, but the start to the season was not a successful start to him. He only finished tenth in Australia, and in the next few races, he could only manage to score further more points three times, with a best finish of seventh at Monaco.

As the VJM08 was upgraded to a B-spec car for the British Grand Prix, he started to impress the team with a few decent results and a third place at the Russian Grand Prix. He finished the 2015 season in 9th with 78 points, and ahead of his teammate Nico Hülkenberg.

It was Pérez's best Formula One season to date.

2016

The 2016 season for Pérez was not another good start in the first few races of the season, finishing outside of the points until he could manage a point in Russia, finishing ninth.

At the Monaco Grand Prix, he managed to finish on the podium ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, finishing third in the race. He also finished on the podium at Azerbaijan, overtaking Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen in Turn 1 at the final lap of the race.

At the Austrian Grand Prix, as he was running 10th in the final lap of the race, he missed out on points due to a brake failure which he ended up crashing out and hitting the barriers at turn 3.

2020

Before the British Grand Prix, Pérez was tested positive for COVID-19 and was requested to miss the race in order to self-isolate, having been to visit his hospitalised mother in Mexico. While unconfirmed at the time, he was also suspected to miss the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix due to United Kingdom government regulations advising victims of COVID-19 to self-isolate for ten days, and thus he was confirmed to still test positive for that race. In the time being, Hülkenberg was assigned to take his place. Perez was then tested negative in time before the Spanish Grand Prix.

He took his first victory at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, after Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and George Russell had pit stop troubles during the second safety car period.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
Junior Career
2010–2012	Ferrari Driver Academy
Senior Career
2010	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	Test Driver
2011	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	14	16th	Report
2012	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari	66	10th	Report
2013	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	49	11th	Report
2014	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	59	10th	Report
2015	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	78	9th	Report
2016	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	101	7th	Report
2017	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	100	7th	Report
2018	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	62	8th	Report
	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes
2019	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point-Mercedes	52	10th	Report
2020	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	125	4th	Report
2021	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Honda			Report

Career Statistics

Correct as of the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying

Entries	196
Starts	192
Pole Positions	0
Front Row Starts	0
Race Wins	1
Podiums	10
Fastest laps	4
Points	716
Laps Raced	10641
Distance Raced	54047 km (33583 mi)
Races Led	6
Laps Led	49
Distance Led	211 km (131 mi)

Race Wins

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

Career Results

Complete Formula One results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pts	Pos
2011																							14	16th
	C	DSQ	Ret	17th	14th	9th	DNS	PO	11th	7th	11th	15th	Ret	Ret	10th	8th	16th	10th	11th	13th
2012																							66	10th
	8th	2nd	11th	11th	Ret	11th	3rd	9th	Ret	6th	14th	Ret	2nd	10th	Ret	11th	Ret	15th	11th	Ret
2013																							49	11th
	11th	9th	11th	6th	9th	16th	11th	20th	8th	9th	11th	12th	8th	10th	15th	5th	9th	7th	6th
2014																							59	10th
	10th	DNS	3rd	9th	9th	Ret	11th	6th	11th	10th	Ret	8th	7th	7th	10th	10th	Ret	15th	7th
2015																							78	9th
	10th	13th	11th	8th	13th	7th	11th	9th	9th	Ret	5th	6th	7th	12th	3rd	5th	8th	12th	5th
2016																							101	7th
	13th	16th	11th	9th	7th	3rd	10th	3rd	17th	6th	11th	10th	5th	8th	8th	6th	7th	8th	10th	4th	8th
2017																							100	7th
	7th	9th	7th	6th	4th	13th	5th	Ret	7th	9th	8th	17th	9th	5th	6th	7th	8th	7th	9th	7th
2018																							62	8th
	11th	16th	12th	3rd	9th	12th	13th	Ret	7th	10th	7th	14th	5th	7th	16th	10th	7th	8th	Ret	10th	8th
2019																							52	10th
	13th	10th	8th	6th	15th	12th	12th	12th	11th	17th	Ret	11th	6th	7th	Ret	7th	8th	7th	10th	9th	7th
2020																							125	4th
	6th	6th	7th	WD		5th	10th	10th	5th	4th	4th	7th	6th	2nd	18th	1st	Ret

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)		DNS	Did not start
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		[+] More Symbols

Notes

v · t · e	Teams and Drivers
2011 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin Engines Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio Other Drivers Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs
2012 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic Other Drivers Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota
2013 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • Ferrari • McLaren • Lotus • Mercedes • Sauber • Force India • Williams • Toro Rosso • Caterham • Marussia Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Alonso • 4 Massa • 5 Button • 6 Pérez • 7 Räikkönen • 7 Kovalainen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Rosberg • 10 Hamilton • 11 Hülkenberg • 12 Gutiérrez • 14 Di Resta • 15 Sutil • 16 Maldonado • 17 Bottas • 18 Vergne • 19 Ricciardo • 20 Pic • 21 Van der Garde • 22 Bianchi • 23 Chilton Other Drivers Buemi • Félix da Costa • Sainz Jr. • Gené • De la Rosa • Rigon • Paffett • Turvey • Magnussen • d'Ambrosio • Prost • Valsecchi • Hartley • Bird • Frijns • Sato • Sirotkin • Rossiter • Calado • Wolff • Juncadella • Kyvat • Rossi • Ma • Stevens • Razia • González • Ellinas
2014 Teams and Drivers Teams Caterham • Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault Drivers 1 Vettel • 3 Ricciardo • 4 Chilton • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Pérez • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 17 Bianchi • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 25 Vergne • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 44 Hamilton • 45 Lotterer • 46 Stevens • 77 Bottas • 99 Sutil Other Drivers Buemi • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Frijns • Gené • Juncadella • Paffett • Rigon • Rossi • Sirotkin • Sørensen • Turvey • Van der Garde • Vandoorne • Wolff
2015 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams Engines Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault Drivers 3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 28 Stevens • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 53 Rossi • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 98 Merhi Other Drivers Buemi • Celis • Daruvala • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Fong • Gasly • Gutiérrez • Jordá • King • Leimer • Lynn • Marciello • Palmer • Pic • Prost • Rigon • Sutil • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne • Wehrlein • Wolff
2016 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Force India • Haas • Manor • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams Engines Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer Drivers 3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Vandoorne • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 88 Haryanto • 94 Wehrlein Other Drivers Celis • di Resta • Fong • Fuoco • Gasly • Jordá • Kari • King • Leclerc • Lynn • Matsushita • Mazepin • Paffett • Rossi • Stroll • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne
2021 Teams and Drivers Teams Alfa Romeo • AlphaTauri • Alpine • Aston Martin • Ferrari • Haas • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Williams Engines Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault Drivers 3 Ricciardo • 4 Norris • 5 Vettel • 6 Latifi • 7 Räikkönen • 9 Mazepin • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 14 Alonso • 16 Leclerc • 18 Stroll • 22 Tsunoda • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Schumacher • 55 Sainz • 63 Russell • 77 Bottas • 99 Giovinazzi Test Drivers Albon • Ilott • Nissany

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