In the end, Red Bull Racing decided to replace Sergio Perez, after months of disappointing performances. It had been Christian Horner in particular who had long held the Mexican’s hand, but in the end had no choice but to put Liam Lawson alongside Max Verstappen in 2025.
In exciting news, the FIA has finally released the 2025 start times for all 24 Grands Prix. On the Formula 1 side of things, Sergio Perez’s old race engineer gets a new job, while after Lewis Hamilton’s crash, Ferrari’s engineers had to work hard to fix the SF-23.
Hugh Bird, who previously worked as Sergio Perez’s race engineer throughout many seasons, will no longer retain that role at Red Bull Racing. With the Mexican leaving the team, Bird will also leave the team’s pit wall. Not the team however, as he now has a new position within the Austrian squad.
As preparations for the new Formula 1 season continue, Sergio Perez sits at home with his family. The Mexican lost his seat at Red Bull Racing, but that doesn’t mean a definite departure for the Mexican from the competition. Guenther Steiner believes a return with Cadillac is more than logical.
It’s going to take some getting used to for the Formula 1 community. For the first time since the 2011 season, Sergio Perez will not appear at the start of a new F1 season. As is well known, the Mexican has been sidelined by Red Bull Racing after a dramatic 2024. Yet not only is
Throughout the season, speculation has surrounded a possible dismissal of Sergio Perez at Red Bull Racing. Carlos Sainz was mentioned early in the season as one of the possible replacements. In the end, the Spaniard went to Williams and Liam Lawson replaced Perez. Windsor thinks Max Verstappen is one of the reasons Red Bull did
Antonio Pérez Garibay, the father of former Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez, is confident that his son will make a swift return to Formula 1. The Mexican businessman believes that many drivers who have taken a sabbatical in the past, like Niki Lauda and Fernando Alonso, have come back even stronger. Therefore, he expects Checo
It was hard not to feel a creeping sense of inevitability about Sergio Perez’s position at Red Bull as he slipped worryingly far from Max Verstappen’s pace. In 2023. But Red Bull were so far ahead of the competition that year Perez’s under-performance didn’t matter. The team would have comfortably won the constructors’ championship with
Where Jacques Villeneuve had previously fiercely criticised Daniel Ricciardo, and most recently taking a dig at four time world champion, Max Verstappen, now it is Sergio Perez’s turn.
Franco Colapinto used to dream about joining Formula 1. When he made an early step up into Williams as a replacement for Logan Sargeant, his dream became within his reach. However, when he was still dreaming about times like this, he would cheer for Sergio Perez.
Sergio Perez has had to leave Red Bull Racing and with it Formula 1, and Franco Colapinto has not yet been able to land a seat in the F1 grid for 2025 either. Antonio Perez, Perez’s father, advocates for more Latin Americans in the premier class and pointed out that McLaren might just be the right team
Antonio Perez Garibay is certain: Son Sergio is going to return to Formula 1. Indeed, his son’s best is yet to come, believes the ever-positive Perez Sr. But on which team would that be?
