By MARK LORENZANA After being denied the win in Spain due to Red Bull Racing’s team orders, Mexican Formula 1 (F1) driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez scored his first victory of the season on Sunday, May 29, in a rain-marred Monaco Grand Prix — the first ever Mexican to do so. Starting the race in third spot after suffering a huge
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By MARK LORENZANA The importance of a team strategy cannot be overstated in motorsports, especially in Formula 1. “I think it was close (between me and Max Verstappen), but I think it’s a great team result and I’m happy for that,” said Mexican F1 driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez in a post-race interview, after he finished second behind Red Bull Racing
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Formula 1 (F1) racer Sergio “Checo” Pérez won second place in the Australia Grand Prix race on Sunday, April 10, coming in just behind Charles Leclerc, who clinched his second win of the season on his home turf. Following unexpected engine failure and the subsequent bursting into flame of Max Verstappen’s Ferrari on
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s hometown hero Sergio “Checo” Pérez didn’t disappoint at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Mexico City on Sunday, Nov. 7, grabbing third place in that leg of the world’s most important auto racing competition and becoming the first Mexican ever to take the podium in the country. Pérez — along with fellow Red
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Grand Prix Formula-1, set to take place in Mexico City from Friday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Nov. 7, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, could offer Mexican driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez a hometown advantage. The 71-lap race along a 4.304-kilometer circuit is expected to draw in a record audience of more than 100,000, especially
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican Formula 1 (F1) driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez took first place for his team, Red Bull Racing, at the Azerbaijan Baku Grand Prix on the morning of Sunday, June 6, marking his first win with the team since joining the Austria-based team at the beginning of the season. His teammate, Max Verstappen, led the race for the
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By KELIN DILLON Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez of Red Bull Racing took the fastest lap during the free practice of the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday, May 20, with a time of 1:12.487. The Guadalajara native, who used soft tires on the city track, beat Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz and his own teammate Max Verstappen by .119
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By KELIN DILLON The 2021 Formula 1 season kicked off with the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, March 28, with a win from eight-time world champion Lewis Hamilton after an exciting battle with Max Verstappen for the top of the podium. During Saturday’s qualifiers, the pole position of the race was snagged by Verstappen of Red Bull, vitally preventing a
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