Sergio Pérez

Sergio Pérez (born January 26, 1990 in Guadalajara, Jalisco), also known as "Checo" Pérez, is a Mexican racing driver.  Pérez is currently racing for Cadillac F1 Racing, previously with Red Bull Racing-RBPT in the Formula One World Championship.

 Career 
Pérez competed in the United States-based Skip Barber National Championship in 2004. Pérez moved to Europe for 2005 to compete in the German Formula BMW ADAC series for two years. Pérez took part one round of the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season. 

Pérez moved to the British Formula Three Championship for 2007. He won the championship in the National Class. For the 2008 season, he competed in the International Class and finished fourth in the drivers' standings.

 GP2 Series 
Pérez drove for the Campos Grand Prix team in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, partnering Russian driver Vitaly Petrov. He is the first Mexican driver to compete at this level of motorsport since Giovanni Aloi took part in International Formula 3000 in 1990. He won his first GP2 Asia Series race at Sakhir, having started from the pole position. He added a second win at Losail, during the sprint race of the night meeting in Qatar.

He moved to Arden International for the main 2009 GP2 Series season, driving alongside Edoardo Mortara. Pérez finished twelfth in the standings. His best finish was a second at Valencia. In the off-season, he raced in two rounds of the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season for Barwa Addax. He also raced in the 2010 GP2 season with Barwa Addax. He has won four races, and lies second in the standings with two races to go.

 Formula One 
On October 4, 2010, Sauber announced that Pérez will race for the team next season. He will partner with current driver Kamui Kobayashi and replace Nick Heidfeld. Sauber also announced a partnership with the Mexican telecom company Telmex.

During qualifying for the  Monaco Grand Prix, Pérez had a bad crash. He received a concussion and spent the night in the hospital. Before the Canadian Grand Prix, he was medically checked and found to be okay. He was allowed to enter the Canadian GP. After Friday morning's practice, Pérez said he felt sick. It was decided that he would not drive the race car anymore that weekend. The team announced that Pedro de la Rosa would replace Pérez for the remainder of the weekend.

On September 28th 2012, Lewis Hamilton's decision to leave McLaren for Mercedes in 2013 was announced, and Pérez was subsequently confirmed as Hamilton's replacement, a massive step-up in his career. 

 Racing record 
 Career summary 
 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2004 Skip Barber National Championship Telmex Racing 14 0 0 ? ? 77 11th 2005 Formula BMW ADAC Team Rosberg 19 0 0 ? ? 37 14th 2006 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 18 0 0 ? ? 112 6th 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Mexico 2 0 0 ? ? 35† 10th† 2007 British Formula Three – National Class T-Sport 21 14 14 ? ? 376 1st 2008 British Formula Three T-Sport 22 4 0 ? ? 195 4th 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Campos Grand Prix 11 2 0 1 3 26 7th 2009 GP2 Series Arden International 20 0 0 1 2 22 12th 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Barwa Addax Team 4 0 0 0 0 5 15th 2010 GP2 Series Barwa Addax Team 20 5 1 5 7 71 2nd 2011 Formula One Sauber F1 Team 11 (9 started)  0   0   0   0   8*     15th* 
 Season in progress.
 Team standings.

Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
 Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2009 Arden International ESPFEA14 ESPSPR17 MONFEA12 MONSPR9 TURFEARet TURSPR16 GBRFEA4 GBRSPR6 GERFEA8 GERSPR20 HUNFEARet HUNSPR16 VALFEA3 VALSPR2 BELFEARet BELSPR4 ITAFEARet ITASPRRet PORFEARet PORSPR11 12th 22 2010 Barwa Addax Team ESPFEA4 ESPSPRRet MONFEA1 MONSPR6 TURFEADSQ TURSPR7 VALFEA11 VALSPR16 GBRFEA5 GBRSPR1 GERFEA2 GERSPR1 HUNFEA3 HUNSPRRet BELFEA7 BELSPR1 ITAFEARet ITASPR13 ABUFEA ABUSPR 2nd 60

 Complete GP2 Asia Series results 
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
 Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2008–09 Campos Grand Prix CHNFEARet CHNSPR7  DUBFEA6 DUBSPRC BHR1FEA8 BHR1SPR1 QATFEA2 QATSPR1 MYSFEARet MYSSPR6 BHR2FEA12 BHR2SPR9 7th 26 2009–10 Barwa Addax Team ABU1FEA ABU1SPR ABU2FEA12 ABU2SPR4 BHR1FEA7 BHR1SPR17 BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 15th 5

Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
 Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  Points  Sauber F1 Team Sauber C30 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU BRA 16th 14  Sauber F1 Team Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU USA BRA 10th 66  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-28 Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA 11th 49  Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM07 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA BRA ABU 10th 59  Sahara Force India F1 TeamForce India VJM08 Mercedes PU106B Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN AUT9th78Force India VJM08B GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA MEX BRA ABU  Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM09 Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN RUS ESP MON CAN EUR AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX BRA ABU 7th 101  Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM10 Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 tAUSCHNBHRRUSESPMON CAN AZE AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX BRA ABU7th100 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM11 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN 8th 62Racing Point Force India F1 TeamBELITASINRUSJPNUSAMEXBRAABU  SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point RP19 Mercedes M10 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 tAUSBHRCHNAZEESPMONCANFRAAUTGBRGERHUNBELITASINRUSJPNMEXUSABRAABU 10th 52 BWT Racing Point F1 TeamRacing Point RP20Mercedes M11 EQ Performance 1.6 V6 t                   Red Bull Racing HondaRed Bull Racing RB16BHonda RA621H 1.6 V6 t                       * *
 Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

 References 

 Other websites 
Sergio Pérez career details at driverdb.com
Sergio Pérez news, photos, results at GPUpdate.net

Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Category:GP2 Series drivers
Category:Formula One current