Sergio Pérez

Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza, known as Checo, was born on 26 January 1990 in Guadalajara and is a Mexican racing driver in Formula One. He began kart racing at six, moved up through junior formulae from 2004, won the national class of the 2007 British Formula 3 International Series and finished runner-up in GP2 in 2010. A Ferrari Driver Academy member from 2010 to 2012, he debuted for Sauber in 2011, then drove for McLaren, Force India and its successor Racing Point, and won the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. At Red Bull from 2021 he took further victories, including Monaco and Singapore in 2022, and was runner-up to Max Verstappen in the 2023 Drivers Championship. He has six wins, three poles and 39 podiums, holds records for most starts before a win and a pole, and returned with Cadillac in 2026.