Sergio Perez

Red Bull’s second seat has been viewed as something of a poisoned chalice in recent years. A number of young drivers have come, had a go in either the Red Bull or its sister car along the grid, and been moved on. However Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez looks as though...

An exclusive interview with Perez is the centrepiece of this month’s GP Racing magazine. In the latest edition of the Flat Chat podcast, GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join host Stuart Codling to discuss the scale of Perez’s achievement. Before winning last weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, he admitted that there was no point in expecting Red Bull to adapt its ‘difficult’ car to suit him; he would have to adapt himself to it.

It’s easy to imagine a big grin spreading across the face of Sergio Perez as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes-AMG sailed straight on up the Turn 1 escape road at the restart in Baku. In a few seconds, the Mexican’s victory hopes slipped away thanks to Hamilton’s superior bolt from the grid – then immediately slopped back into his lap thanks to the seven-time world champion’s uncharacteristic finger trouble with his brake-bias ‘magic button’.

• Honda wins first back-to-back F1 races since 1992. •Season-best results for both AlphaTauri drivers. •Max Verstappen holds lead in driver's championship. On a sunny Azerbaijan Sunday that had more peaks and valleys than the world's most daunting rollercoaster, Sergio Perez was in the lead car when the ride stopped, scoring his first win of the season in the Red Bull Racing Honda.

The 2021 Formula One World Championship saw another thrilling race with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday at the Baku City Circuit. Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen looked set to win but it was his teammate, Sergio Perez, who ended up crossing the finish line first, followed by Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel in second and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly in third.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton admits he can't get any closer to Perez as he tried to chase the Mexican. Lewis Hamilton may have already predicted that he will not win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with still a few laps remaining in the race.

After winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix yesterday, Sergio Perez was forced to pull over at the end of the pitlane and brought a premature end to his celebrations. He didn’t complete the lap back to the pits because the team were terrified of a hydraulics issue. “We were close to...

Red Bull driver benefits from a rare Lewis Hamilton mistake to grab his second Formula 1 victory. Sergio Pérez emerged the winner from a chaotic end to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after Max Verstappen suffered a late, high-speed tyre blow-out and Sir Lewis Hamilton made a rare error, finishing 15th.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix looked like it might be another Lewis Hamilton romp after he took the lead on lap 3. For a few circuits, that narrative stayed true and it would have been easy to consider finding something else to do rather than watch Hamilton add to his ridiculous win total.

Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was taunted by Red Bull in the wake of Sergio Perez’s dramatic win in Azerbaijan. Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas both finished outside of the points following a performance Wolff branded as “unacceptable”. Seven-time world champion Hamilton ran off at the opening bend in...

After the first lap of the Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing looked set to take the race win—but a series of Pirelli blowouts completely inverted the running order during the last laps of the event in the streets of Baku. Polesitter Charles Leclerc had a great start,...

Max Verstappen lost victory to a late puncture in a dramatic finish to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that also saw Lewis Hamilton throw away a chance to reclaim the championship lead. Red Bull's Sergio Perez won the race from Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel and Alpha Tauri's Pierre Gasly in a...

Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez experienced wildly different emotions in a dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.

And lastly, here’s our report from a day of high drama in Baku:. And here’s Sebastian Vettel: “[The first ever podium] is a big deal for the team. We had a good start, made some positions and looked after our tyres. We had really good pace at the [first] restart, which was brilliant for me, giving me another two positions. We preserved the tyres well and that was the secret to the pace we had. It was a great day overall. I’m over the moon for myself and for the team, it was great. A podium - we really didn’t expect that.”