🇲🇽 Mexican · Cadillac
Sergio Pérez
Six-time race winner and former Red Bull driver who returns to F1 in 2026 after a year out. He spearheads the new Cadillac team alongside Valtteri Bottas.
Career & profile
- Car number
- 11
- Team
- Cadillac F1 Team
- Nationality
- 🇲🇽 Mexican
- Born
- 26 January 1990 (36)
- Place of birth
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- F1 debut
- 2011 Australian Grand Prix
- Championships
- 0
- Career wins
- 6
- Career podiums
- 39
- Career poles
- 3
The story of Sergio Pérez
Sergio Pérez, from Guadalajara in Mexico, reached Formula 1 with Sauber in 2011 and spent a single season at McLaren before a long and successful spell with the Force India and Racing Point team. There he earned a reputation as a brilliant tyre manager and a master of opportunistic races, taking his first win at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.
That victory earned him a seat at Red Bull Racing, where from 2021 to 2024 he won multiple Grands Prix, supported the team to constructors’ titles and finished runner-up in the 2023 drivers’ standings. After a year away from the grid in 2025, he was lured back for a new challenge.
In 2026 the hugely popular Mexican spearheads the brand-new Cadillac team alongside Valtteri Bottas, charged with leading an all-new operation into Formula 1.
Teams Sergio has raced for
- 2011 – 2012SauberFormula 1 debut, with early podiums marking him out as a future star.
- 2013McLarenA single season with the famous British team.
- 2014 – 2020Force India / Racing PointSeven seasons of midfield excellence, capped by a maiden win at Sakhir 2020.
- 2021 – 2024Red Bull RacingMultiple wins, constructors’ titles and runner-up in the 2023 championship.
- 2026 – presentCadillacReturns from a year out to lead the new American manufacturer’s entry.
Team-mate: Valtteri Bottas