Checo Pérez will race with Red Bull in 2021

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The Mexican driver signed a one-year contract with Red Bull F1 Team

MEXICO – The Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez signed for one year with Red Bull F1 Team for the 2021 season, This was revealed by the team on their social networks.

Czech Pérez, its sponsor and the Red Bull F1 Team reached an agreement that will make the Mexican, this year’s most coveted free agent, the team’s second driver.

The pilot Alex Albon loses its place in the grid formula 1, but will continue as a key element of the team, as a test and reserve driver within the team Red Bull. The Thai had a good end to 2020, but it was not enough to exceed the expectations that Pérez raised in the last games of the year.

Czech Pérez will be the partner of Max Verstappen, a pilot who had partnered in the past Daniel Riccardo, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon. The Mexican is expected to arrive accompanied by his sponsor, a communications giant in Mexico and has always supported him.

The Mexican driver expressed his joy to be part of the Austrian team.

“I am happy to share this with all of you, we will be racing with Red Bull Racing in 2021,” he said after his presentation on the team’s social networks this Friday morning.

Pérez, who finished fourth in the Formula 1 Championship in 2020, assured that his job is to fulfill a dream as his goal is to fight for podium places.

“I am incredibly grateful to Red Bull to have the opportunity to race for Red Bull Racing in 2021. The chance to race for a team competing for the championship is something I’ve been waiting for since I joined Formula 1 and it will be, “he said.

Red Bull CEO Christian Horner assured that the election of Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez as the team’s new driver came after painstaking analysis and comparison between the Mexican and Alex Albon, who remains in the team as a reserve driver.

“After taking the time to evaluate all relevant data and actions, we have decided that Sergio is the right driver to partner with Max in 2021, ” said Horner.

The Austrian team’s head honcho explained that Albon is part of the team and pointed out that the British-Thai will be able to help the team achieve the goals for the next season, where they will seek Mercedes dominance, which has taken the last seven, face it. world titles.

In 2022, the union could also help the team Red Bull can participate in building engines for its cars as Honda has announced that it will discontinue these features by the end of next year

Czech Pérez adds another year in the formula 1, now in one of the most representative teams in the Big Top, competing with Mercedes in the Constructors ‘Championship and the Drivers’ Championship.

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