There have been six Formula One drivers from Mexico who have taken part in races since the championship began in 1950. Sergio Pérez is the most successful, having won six Grands Prix. From 2021 to 2024, Pérez drove for the Red Bull team.
Race winners and polesitters
Pedro Rodríguez and Sergio Pérez are the only Mexican drivers to have won an F1 race, with two wins for Rodríguez and six wins for Pérez.[1]
Pérez is the only Mexican F1 driver to achieve a pole position. He took his first pole position at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, in his 219th Grand Prix meeting (a record for the most Grands Prix before a pole). He took his second pole position at the same track, one year later, at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. His last, to date, and most recent pole position was at the 2023 Miami Grand Prix.
Sergio Pérez is the most recent Mexican driver, beginning his career in 2011 with Sauber before moving to McLaren in 2013 and then Force India in 2014. Pérez continued to race with Force India, including after the team became Racing Point. He was contracted to continue racing until 2022 at the Racing Point, but was pushed out of the team at the end of 2020 by the incoming Sebastian Vettel.[2][3] He moved to Red Bull for 2021, and remained there until his departure in 2024.[4][5]
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