Statements from “Checo” Pérez
Red Bull announced Liam Lawson as Pérez’s replacement for 2025, but the driver was substituted after only two races. Yuki Tsunoda, from Red Bull’s junior team, Racing Bulls, was the one who took his place. Pérez, 35, is considered a strong candidate for the new Cadillac F1 team that will debut in 2026. In addition, he mentioned that with the departure of designer Adrian Newey “many more problems began, then Jonathan Wheatley left [Red Bull’s sporting director until 2024 and now team director of Sauber], who was a fundamental part of the team”, and the team “little by little” fell apart.Deep down, they very much regret [having terminated my contract] and I know it from a very good source.
Sergio Pérez
The driver added that the pressure on his side of the garage affected the engineers and everyone involved, which he believes ultimately cost them a lot.In the end, that’s how sports are. Decisions were made because there was too much pressure that they themselves ended up creating.
Sergio Pérez
In December, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner stated that the team tried “everything” to help Pérez. Pérez confirmed that he does want to return to Formula 1 and that he has a new manager, Khalil Beschir, a former Lebanese driver with whom he has maintained a close friendship since he moved to Europe to pursue his dream in F1. Beschir, along with Luis Aguirre and Checo himself, have taken over the management of his career. Yes, I want to, if the right project comes up that I feel is where I should be,” but he emphasized that he doesn’t want to travel the world as a third driver. Regarding which team he would join, he said: “I’m not in a hurry, we’ll see what happens next year”, but added that he is looking for something similar to what he achieved with Force India (now Aston Martin), which gradually became a winning team.People might think I’m happy, but I’m not… we had a great team, and in the end it fell apart, little by little.
Sergio Pérez
