🇲🇽 Sergio Pérez

Sergio Perez is a professional racing driver from Mexico with 17 seasons of competitive racing and 323 starts across multiple series. His primary career has been in Formula 1, where he competed from 2011 to 2026 with Cadillac F1 Team across 293 starts, securing 6 wins and 39 podiums. His Racer Rating of 7,833 places him among the upper tier of active drivers; he holds FIA Platinum status, the grading for professional drivers in sportscar and endurance racing. His average finishing position across all classified starts stands at P8.1.[1]

Perez's Formula 1 career has been conducted against a field of world champions and elite professionals. His most frequent rivals include Lewis Hamilton, with whom he contested 240 races but finished ahead only 40 times; Sebastian Vettel, a four-time champion against whom he has a 56-133 record; and Fernando Alonso, a three-time champion whom he has beaten 98 times in 184 shared races. He has also competed regularly against Daniel Ricciardo, finishing ahead of the former champion 100 times in 195 encounters, and against Valtteri Bottas, whom he outfinished 83 times in 206 races. Against the current generation of front-running drivers, Perez has beaten George Russell 74 times, Lando Norris 59 times, and Max Verstappen 20 times, though these represent minority outcomes in their shared races. Earlier in his career, he contested the GP2 Series from 2009 to 2010, where he recorded 5 wins and 9 podiums across 29 starts for Barwa Addax Team.

Perez remains active in racing as of 2026. Recent reports from mid-July 2026 indicate uncertainty about his Formula 1 future with Cadillac, with suggestions of dissatisfaction regarding his tenure and circumstances at previous teams.