Sergio Pérez

After missing the British GP, Perez was given the official go-ahead to end his quarantine yesterday by Public Health England, following some uncertainty over whether it should have lasted for seven or 10 days.<br>However, under the FIA Code of Conduct he then had to get a negative test result before he was allowed in the paddock in order to compete in the race. He duly took a test on ...

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Perez was replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for the British Grand Prix while he isolated after his positive diagnosis last Friday, but Racing Point said it was possible the Mexican could return for the second race.<br>The team said it was awaiting clarification over UK quarantine rules after a change in guidance, which recently updated from seven to 10 days of isolation after a positive COVID-19 ...

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Perez missed the British GP after an inconclusive test last Wednesday was followed by a positive one on Thursday.<br>He has been in isolation ever since, along with his physio and a member of his management team, both of whom tested negative. All three had travelled to Mexico in the week after the Hungarian GP.<br>The situation is complicated by a change in the UK guidelines from a seven to 10-day ...

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Racing Point is currently in talks with Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel about joining the team for 2021, when it will rebrand as Aston Martin, despite having two drivers under contract already.<br>Both Perez and current teammate Lance Stroll have long-term deals with the team, meaning an exit agreement would have to be struck with one of them if a deal was struck with Vettel.<br>Perez said last ...

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Perez was ruled out of this weekend’s British Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, forcing him to enter quarantine.<br>Perez has been replaced by former teammate Nico Hulkenberg at Racing Point for this weekend, with the German making his F1 return in opening practice at Silverstone.<br>But Racing Point has only confirmed Hulkenberg for this weekend’s race, saying it ...

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After testing positive for COVID-19, Perez confirmed that he returned to his home country last week, in part because he wanted to see his mother, who had an accident recently.<br>In the light of the controversy over Charles Leclerc's return to Monaco between the two Austrian races – which earned the Ferrari driver a warning from the FIA – Perez's decision to go home has been called into ...

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The FIA announced on Thursday that Perez had tested positive for COVID-19 following an inconclusive first result, ruling him out of the British Grand Prix race weekend.<br>It marked the first case of COVID-19 for an F1 driver, and is just the third positive result since F1 began its strict testing and tracing protocols in Austria earlier this month.<br>Teams have been working with reduced ...

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As part of F1s newly-introduced protocols to ensure the safety of personnel, all members of the paddock are tested every five days for COVID-19.<br>Prior to his visit to Silverstone for F1’s second triple header, a routine swab test for Perez returned inconclusive results following which he entered self-isolation.<br>A coronavirus test is used to detect two particular COVID-19 genes and a ...

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Racing Point announced on Thursday that Perez would be missing the British Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19, forcing him to enter quarantine.<br>The team quickly set the wheels in motion to draft in recent Renault F1 driver Hulkenberg as Perez's replacement, as revealed by Motorsport.com.<br>Hulkenberg flew to the UK on Thursday in preparation for his shock F1 return, having made his ...

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The Mexican had been forced to stay in self isolation away from the track on Thursday following an inconclusive test result for COVID-19. However, a follow-up test confirmed he was positive and carrying the virus.<br>Speaking in a video message posted on Twitter, Perez said he does not know where he picked the virus up from, having followed all protocols during a quick visit to see his mother in ...

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The FIA confirmed on Thursday evening that Perez had tested positive for COVID-19 following multiple tests, ruling him out of the grand prix weekend while he goes into quarantine.<br>Motorsport.com understands that recent Renault F1 driver Hulkenberg is Racing Point’s preferred choice to take Perez’s place for the British Grand Prix weekend, partnering Lance Stroll.<br>Hulkenberg previously ...

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Racing Point driver Perez was not present at Silverstone on Thursday after his latest COVID-19 test result proved inconclusive, meaning he required a re-test.<br>In a statement issued by the FIA on Thursday evening, it was announced that Perez’s second test result had come back positive.<br>“Following today’s announcement that Sergio Perez of the BWT Racing Point Formula 1 ...

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Racing Point driver Perez was due to be present for the FIA press conference on Thursday afternoon at Silverstone, but the team was only represented by Lance Stroll.<br>It was announced by the press conference MC that Perez was absent from the press conference as a result of an "inconclusive" test result for COVID-19, and that he was self-isolating while awaiting the result of a second test.<br>A ...

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That’s one of the big questions to emerge from the news that Sebastian Vettel is considering an offer to join the rebadged Racing Point team.<br>There are various scenarios that could yet play out. Vettel could decide not to go to Aston after all, or he could be signed for 2022 and take time out to recharge his batteries, leaving Perez and his backers another year to find an alternative ...

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<br>The Mexican was instrumental in taking action back in 2018 that allowed the then Force India team to enter administration so it could be rescued by new investors.<br>In the end, Lawrence Stroll was able to step in and take over the outfit, which has gone from strength-to-strength since.<br>Last year, Perez duly agreed to tie himself to the team until the end of 2022, even though there were ...

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Four-time world champion Vettel is in talks with Racing Point over joining the team for next season after Ferrari opted against renewing his contract beyond this year. Vettel confirmed that he is in “loose talks" with Racing Point, but said he has not signed any agreement with the team.<br>Racing Point currently has Perez and teammate Lance Stroll under long-term contracts. Perez is in the first ...

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While teammate Lance Stroll grabbed third spot behind the dominant Mercedes team, Perez had a scrappy Q3 session to set the fourth quickest time.<br>He had his first Q3 time deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 4, before managing to pull together a decent lap on his second effort.<br>But speaking straight after qualifying, the Mexican revealed he had started feeling unwell as the session ...

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Despite a few drops of raining falling early on, the predicted rain for the one-hour FP3 session stayed away, with Bottas returning Mercedes to the top spot after yesterday's wet second practice, while Red Bull again struggled.<br>After Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen set the early pace, Red Bull's Alex Albon took first place before the Ferraris – led by FP2 pacesetter Sebastian Vettel – ...

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Sources have indicated to Motorsport.com that four-time world champion Vettel is in close talks with Racing Point over a drive for the 2021 season, when it will be rebranded as Aston Martin.<br>Any move for Vettel following his Ferrari exit would result in Racing Point dropping either Perez or Lance Stroll, both of whom are under long-term contracts with the team.<br>It is thought that Perez, who ...

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The Mexican had been expected to challenge near the front of the pack after a strong showing in Friday practice for Racing Point.<br>But it all went wrong in the wet conditions of qualifying when he was left struggling at the back end of the field. He eventually ended up 17th.<br>Speaking afterwards, Perez reckoned he had the pace to get through to Q2, but said that by the time the tyre ...

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Austrian GP winner Valtteri Bottas finished third ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton, with Ferrari again significantly adrift of the top times.<br>In a session that began six degrees hotter than the equivalent session for last weekend's event at the Red Bull Ring, McLaren's Carlos Sainz set the initial pace, as several squads – including Renault and Alfa Romeo – fitted aerodynamic measuring ...

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The Silverstone outfit looked strong in winter testing, and has been waiting since then for the opportunity to properly judge the potential of the RP20, which follows the concept of the title-winning 2019 Mercedes.<br>Perez was 0.641s off pacesetter Lewis Hamilton today, while just 0.142s separated him from his own team mate Lance Stroll in seventh place – with Ferrari, Renault and McLaren ...

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<br>No team other than Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull has won an F1 race since the turbo hybrid era began in 2014, with an unofficial ‘Class A/B’ divide coming into effect over the ensuing six campaigns.<br>But the new $145m cost cap rule, which will come into effect from 2021 and reduce further over the following two seasons to $135m for 2023-2025, as well as other measures such as restricted ...

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Both the Racing Point and AlphaTauri drivers will make their respective debuts in the esports series, which this weekend takes place instead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix due to be held at the Baku City Circuit on June 7.<br>F1 has confirmed the Baku race will be the penultimate Virtual GP with the finale taking place next weekend with the Canada Virtual GP on June 14, as the sport gears up for the ...

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Perez joined Force India – now the Racing Point squad that will be re-branded as Aston Martin in 2021 – after his single season of driving for McLaren in 2013.<br>He has driven for the team ever since and has scored all of its podium finishes in that time.<br>Perez was also a central figure in the legal action that put Force India into administration in the summer of 2018, which led to its ...

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