Perez Sr: ‘Very big things are coming for Checo’

Sergio Perez may have bowed out of his Red Bull race seat after a turbulent 2024 season, but according to his ever-enthusiastic father, Antonio, some “very big things are coming” for the Mexican driver.

Perez is currently without a race seat in F1 for 2025. However, the 34-year-old remains affiliated with Red Bull in a reduced role that will include show runs and promotional activities.

The six-time Grand Prix winner said last week that he plans to evaluate his career options within the next six months.

For Antonio Perez, however, the future is already written in the stars, and the best chapters of the “Checo story” are still ahead.

‘The Best Version of Checo Is Yet to Come’

Perez Sr, brimming with optimism and a flair for the dramatic in an interview with SoyMotor, appeared to suggest that his son’s current status is merely a lull before something monumental.

“It’s going to be wonderful. He is the Mexican, the best-known Latin American in the world today, above footballers and celebrities,” he claimed.

“It’s going to be wonderful,” he declared. “He is the Mexican, the best-known Latin American in the world today, above footballers and celebrities.

“Because in those times the media didn’t touch a Senna, a Fangio, they would be more famous with so many championships won.”

Antonio Perez appears to have elevated his son above the likes of Messi and Neymar in global renown, a claim that is as bold as it is debatable. But the man isn’t stopping there.

“The best version of Checo Perez is yet to come,” he added. “Everybody is going to be very happy and very proud.

“What Checo Perez did until the past was this. What is coming will be historic, I assure you.

“Very big things are coming for Perez, the only thing I tell you is that we Perez have not left Formula 1.”

A Bit of Perspective

While Antonio Perez’s enthusiasm could be considered endearing, it’s worth noting the stark reality facing Sergio.

After a lackluster 2024 season with Red Bull, where he struggled to match Max Verstappen’s dominance, Perez found himself out of a race seat.

Liam Lawson has been confirmed as Verstappen’s teammate for 2025, leaving Checo to ponder his next career move.

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Public pressure on Perez to deliver results had been mounting throughout the 2024 campaign, but despite his exit, Perez Sr had nothing but gratitude for Red Bull’s role in his son’s career.

“We have to thank Red Bull a lot,” he said. “The best years of Checo Perez’s racing career were at Red Bull.

“You don’t have to take this as a rivalry, this is the world of motorsport.”

With Formula 1’s notoriously limited opportunities, the question remains whether Perez will find his way back into a competitive car.

“Formula 1 only has 20 seats, we are more than 7 billion people,” acknowledged Perez Sr. “Everyone is looking for a seat there.”

Given the rise of younger talents and the relentless pace of F1’s competitive environment, “historic” achievements might be a tall order.

Perhaps Perez Sr’s grandiose declarations are simply a father’s undying belief in his son, or perhaps he knows something the rest of us don’t.

Either way, the F1 world is intrigued, if slightly incredulous, about the “very big things” that are supposedly on the horizon for Sergio Perez.

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