

In 2011, Sergio Perez got involved in a car crash during the Monaco Grand Prix when he lost control of his car while coming out of a tunnel and crashed into an impact-absorbing tech pro barrier.Later, both the cars from the team were disqualified for breaking some technical regulations. Perez’s first race was in the Australian Grand Prix, where he impressed the viewers by only stopping once for the pitstop and finished seventh in the race.

In the same year, he became a part of the Ferarri Driver Academy scheme. Along with this, Sauber also teamed up with Telmex, who was Sergio’s sponsor.

In October 2010, the Swiss motorsport engineering company, Sauber, announced that Sergio Perez would join the team in 2011.Sergio Perez after winning an F2 race for Campos Grand Prix team He was the youngest driver at the event, and he earned a win, five podium finishes, and finished fourth overall in the championship. In 1997, Sergio Perez decided to participate in the karting Youth Class event.His father would tell everyone that Sergio was the best rookie go-kart racer.

In 1996, Sergio started his racing journey with go-kart racing at the age of six. Sergio’s father was popularly known as Tono in the industry, and he urged both his sons to pursue go-kart racing from a very young age.Antonio had a race scheduled for that day and he was leaving with the driver for the race, but he didn’t want to miss his child’s birth and he wanted to be there with his wife to support her so he convinced the doctor to do the delivery by cesarean, putting his wife’s life at risk. Antonio was such a huge racing enthusiast that he asked the doctor to move up the scheduled delivery date of his third child as it coincided with the 1990s 24 hours of Daytona.Sergio was the third child in the family.Īntonio Garibay after becoming the national champion in 1987 Sergio Perez was born in a family with a racing background as his father, Antonio Pérez Garibay, was a former racer and now (as of 2021) represents other racers as their manager.He won his first race after completing 190 races. He is known for breaking the record of the most number of starts before winning a race. Sergio Perez is a Mexican Formula One racing driver who races for Red Bull Racing.Some Lesser Known Facts About Sergio Perez Breaking the record for the number of starts before a race win by winning his first Formula One Grand Prix after 190 racesįather- Antonio Pérez Garibay (former racing driver and race driver agent)īrother- Antonio Perez Mendoza (former Mexican stock car racing driver)
