Sergio Perez has revealed that his return to Formulation 1 with Cadillac was fuelled by a want to show he stays „among the best“ within the championship, following a mentally taxing finish to his Pink Bull tenure.
After taking a much-needed 12 months out to recharge from what he described as a „poisonous“ last six months on the Milton Keynes outfit, the Mexican driver returned to the grid with the all-new American outfit for the 2026 season.
Talking on the Excessive Efficiency podcast, Perez defined: „When the mission with Cadillac got here, I believed, ‚It is a large mission; this can be a large model.‘ And once I met Dan [Towriss], I knew this man may be very aggressive, and he’ll do no matter it takes to take it to an excellent stage.
„It may be my mission as nicely. I may be a part of it and I can present myself that I am among the best and I wish to try this as a result of I all the time imagine that I am among the best on the grid.
„However clearly, the interval at Pink Bull takes that confidence from you when you’re not delivering and your team-mate is profitable and so forth. And I all the time knew what the problems had been, however it takes confidence away from you. That is why I needed to return again.“
Sergio Perez, Cadillac Racing
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Now serving to to construct the Cadillac operation from the bottom up, Perez is nicely conscious of the challenges dealing with the crew. Regardless of the squad nonetheless discovering its ft, he’s assured of its long-term trajectory.
„After all, it is very early days,“ he acknowledged on the time of recording the podcast. „We’re solely on our sixth race and there’s a kind of tradition that’s constructing. However I can see that the house owners won’t cease till they try this.
„You are speaking about Normal Motors and TWG. There are two nice forces that aren’t going to cease till they get there.“
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