Sergio Pérez
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Sergio " Checo " Pérez Mendoza ( born January 26, 1990 in Guadalajara) is a Mexican racing driver.
From 2009 to 2010 he raced in the GP2 Series, where he was runner-up in 2010. In 2011 he made his debut for Sauber in F1 and has been declining since in this at the start. Since 2014 he takes for Force India.
- 3.1 Career stations
- 3.2 Statistics in Formula 1 3.2.1 Individual Results
Career
Beginnings in motorsport (2004-2008)
After Pérez had participated in the Skip Barber National Championship in 2004 and there was eleventh in the standings, in 2005 he moved to 4speed Media in the German Formula BMW and was overall Fourteenth. In the following year, Pérez competed in the German Formula BMW and has been for the team ADAC Berlin -Brandenburg sixth in the overall standings. He also took part in two races of the A1GP series for the Mexican team in the winter of 2006 /2007. 2007 Pérez moved to T-Sport in the British Formula 3 Championship and was with 14 wins in 21 races champion of the national class. In 2008, he rose in the international class of the British Formula 3 Championship, and was, again antretend for T-Sport, end of the season with four wins from 20 races in fourth place overall.
GP2 Series (2008-2010 )
In the 2008/2009 GP2 Asia Series season Pérez drove alongside Vitaly Petrov for Campos Grand Prix. After Pérez in the sprint race at Sakhir celebrated his first GP2 victory, he also showed at the next race weekend at Losail a good performance: after second place in the feature race Pérez won the sprint race ahead of teammate Petrov. At the end of the season Pérez finished in seventh place in the overall standings. With 26 to 28 points he lost Petrov scarce.
In 2009, Pérez also participated in the main series GP2. Together with Edoardo Mortara he went for Arden International at the start. Although he did not win a race, he showed in his debut season solid performances. In Valencia, he stood as a third party in the main and second place in the sprint race for the first time on the podium, finishing at the end of the season in twelfth place overall. Internally, he sat down with 22 through to 19 points against Mortara.
For the GP2 Series 2010 season Pérez Barwa Addax team returned to, the follow-up team from Campos Grand Prix, back. His teammate was the Dutchman Giedo van der Garde. Pérez one half of the GP2 Asia Series season 2009/2010 was already before driving for Barwa Addax and become 15th in the overall standings. In the regular GP2 Series Pérez won the prestigious race in Monte Carlo in his first race in the GP2 series. With further victories at Silverstone, Hockenheim, Spa -Francorchamps and on Yas Island, he chose a total of five races for themselves. At the end of the season he was behind Pastor Maldonado runner-up and was also the pilot with the second most wins. In November 2010, he completed his first Formula 1 test for Sauber.
Formula 1 ( since 2011 )
In 2011 he entered the Formula 1 at the Sauber team. In addition, he received a grant contract with Ferrari. In his first race, the Australian Grand Prix, Pérez came in seventh place finish. He was the only pilot who applied a one -stop strategy, and 35 laps with a soft set of tires. As in the technical inspection after the race on both neat illegal rear wing were found both pilots were disqualified. In the fifth race, the Grand Prix of Spain, he finally scored his first Formula 1 points in ninth.
In qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, Pérez crashed heavily. Output of the tunnel he lost control of his vehicle, turned and slammed sideways into the boundary wall of the harbor chicane. Pérez remained conscious and was taken to a hospital. Pérez suffered a concussion and a compression of the thigh. The start of the Grand Prix, he had to cancel. At the next Grand Prix in Canada Pérez complained after the first free practice of nausea and was replaced for the remainder of the race weekend by Pedro de la Rosa. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain, he scored his best season in seventh position. In Japan, Pérez made up some places and moved up from 17th to eighth place. At the end of the season, he finished 16th overall. Internally, he lost his teammate Kamui Kobayashi with 14 to 30 points.
Pérez graduated in 2012 his second season for Sauber. At the season opener in Australia, he crossed the finish line in eighth. He was there like last year, the only driver, who had only come with a tire change. In the second race, the Malaysian Grand Prix, Pérez had chances to win in an environment characterized by changing weather conditions race. However, in the battle for the win with Fernando Alonso, he made a small mistake, but eventually came with 2.3 seconds back in second place to the finish. At the Grand Prix of Monaco, he scored for the first time in Formula 1, the fastest lap, remained with an eleventh place but without points. A race later in Canada, he scored another podium placement with a third place. At the Italian Grand Prix he managed another second place. At the end of the season, he finished tenth in the championship. So he sat down internally against Kobayashi with 66 to 60 points by.
Formula 1 2013 season moved to McLaren Pérez. He replaced there was Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Jenson Button. At the season opener in Australia, he missed out Eleventh points. A week later in Malaysia, he took ninth for the first time McLaren points and achieved the fastest lap of the race. His best finish achieved Pérez with a fifth place in India. Although the collaboration with McLaren had originally been planned for several years, Pérez ended commitment to the team after just one season. With 49 to 73 points, he was subject to internal button and finished eleventh in the championship.
For the 2014 season Pérez received a cockpit at Force India. He signed a multi-year contract with the team and was team-mate Nico Hülkenberg. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, he was unable to start because of technical problems. A week later, he succeeded in Bahrain with a third place his first podium placement with Force India. After the third race, he finished ninth overall.
Others
Since the beginning of his career Pérez is supported by the Mexican telecommunications giant Telmex.
With the introduction of permanent Formula 1 race numbers 2014 Pérez chose the # 11 for his future career. Pérez justified his choice by saying that he used the number is already in karting and in his debut season of the GP2 series.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2004: Skip Barber National Championship
- 2005: German Formula BMW ( 14th)
- 2006: German Formula BMW ( 6th place)
- 2007: A1GP
- 2007: British Formula 3 National class (Master)
- 2008: British Formula 3 (4th place )
- 2009: GP2 Asia Series (No. 7)
- 2009: GP2 Series (No. 12)
- 2010: GP2 Asia Series (No. 15)
- 2010: GP2 Series (2nd place)
- 2011: Formula 1 ( 16th place)
- 2012: Formula 1 ( 10th place )
- 2013: Formula 1 (11th )
- 2014: Formula 1
Statistics in Formula 1
Status: Bahrain Grand Prix, April 6, 2014