Sergio Pérez

Sergio Pérez will start his 300th Grand Prix at home this weekend, and on 28 October 2026 he tied his future to Cadillac until at least the end of 2029 [4] [3]. The race is on Sunday 1 November at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City [8].

The 2029 deal

Pérez's previous Cadillac contract was understood to run to the end of 2027, and the new agreement adds two years [3]. Sky described it as a deal that keeps him at the team until at least the end of 2029 [3]. Eurosport gave the same end year, saying he is now tied to the American team until 2029, and it gave his age as 36 at the announcement [4].

Karting, Skip Barber and the road to Europe

Pérez started karting at six [9]. In 2004 he competed in the Skip Barber National Championship [9]. At 14 he moved to Europe, and in 2005 he joined BMW in Germany [9].

Formula 3 came next. The Mexican daily El Financiero reported good results with the T-Sport team in that category [9]. In 2009 he raced in the British championship of the GP2 Series [9].

From Sauber to Red Bull

Pérez was born in Guadalajara on 26 January 1990 [1] [2]. He entered Formula 1 in 2011 as a Ferrari Academy driver placed at Sauber, and he stayed with the team for 2012 [6]. McLaren signed him for 2013 as Lewis Hamilton's replacement. From 2014 to 2020 he served seven years at Force India and then Racing Point [6].

His first win came at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, in the pink Racing Point Mercedes [7] [6]. He joined Red Bull in 2021 [5]. The Race said he went there in the belief that he could compete with Max Verstappen [6]. His first Red Bull win came at Baku that year, a track The Race called his happy hunting ground [6].

Six wins, five of them for Red Bull

The Formula 1 profile lists six Grand Prix wins, 39 podium finishes and 1,638 career points [1]. Five of the wins came with Red Bull. The first was in Azerbaijan in 2021, followed by Monaco and Singapore in 2022 and then Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan in 2023 [7].

Monaco and Singapore both came in the same season, 2022. The Race called the Singapore win probably the best of his career [6]. It also said the 2023 Jeddah win was the victory he had been denied in 2022 [6].

He finished runner-up in the 2023 drivers' world championship [6] [7]. Christian Horner credited him with "helping us to two Constructors' titles and to our first 1-2 finish in the Drivers' championship" [5].

The fall, the year out and the return

The gap to Verstappen widened again in 2024. The Race said Pérez was further off Verstappen's pace than ever before [6]. Red Bull announced that he had left after four seasons, and he came eighth in the drivers' standings that year [5]. Red Bull surrendered the constructors' title to McLaren, finishing third in that standings [5]. Pérez said that "Driving for Red Bull has been an unforgettable experience and I'll always cherish the successes we achieved together" [5].

He then missed 2025. Sky reported that he had a year on the sidelines after being dropped by Red Bull at the end of 2024, before returning with the new Cadillac team in 2026 [3] [7].

Cadillac in 2026

By the end of October, the Formula 1 profile showed 18 Grand Prix starts for Cadillac, no points, five retirements and no top-ten finish [1]. The profile also lists six sprint races without a point [1].

His best result so far came at the Barcelona Grand Prix in June, where he started 19th and finished 14th. Record called it the best result of his Cadillac season so far, and noted that he had not yet scored a point [10]. At the time of the extension, Sky said he was last in the drivers' championship, but that he had outperformed his team-mate Valtteri Bottas [3].

Mexico City and the 300th start

Mexico City will be Pérez's 300th Grand Prix start, and he called reaching that number a very important moment in his career [11]. On Wednesday 28 October, starting at 10:00, Cadillac F1 Team and the Mexican Grand Prix are staging a public exhibition on Paseo de la Reforma [11]. The Race wrote that he electrified F1's following in his home country of Mexico [6].

Sky wrote that he will celebrate his 300th grand prix start this Sunday [3]. The Formula 1 profile counts 299 Grand Prix entries before the Mexico City race [1].