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Formula One drivers from Mexico
Drivers6
Grands Prix381
Entries446
Starts424
Best season finish2nd (2023)
Wins8
Podiums42
Pole positions3
Fastest laps13
Points1580
First entry1961 Italian Grand Prix
First win1967 South African Grand Prix
Latest win2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Latest entry2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2024 driversSergio Pérez
Pérez driving for Red Bull at the 2022 British Grand Prix

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. Since 2021, Pérez drives for the Red Bull team.

Pole winner

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.

Race winners

Pedro Rodríguez and Pérez are the only Mexican drivers to have won an F1 race, with two wins for Rodríguez and six wins for Pérez.[1]

Current drivers

Sergio Pérez began 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 till their collapse in 2018. He was retained when Force India was bought out and renamed to Racing Point where he was contracted to continue racing until 2022 but was pushed out of the team at the end of 2020 by the incoming Sebastian Vettel, and moved to Red Bull for 2021.[2][3][4]

Former drivers

Brothers Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez raced in the 1960s. Héctor Rebaque raced in the 1970s. Moisés Solana attended races in the United States and Mexico throughout the 1960s.[1]

Gutiérrez driving for Haas at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

Esteban Gutiérrez drove for Sauber in 2013 and 2014 and after a one-year gap in which he was a Ferrari test driver, came back to drive for Haas F1 Team in 2016.

Timeline

Current drivers
Sergio Pérez 2011–2023
Former drivers
Ricardo Rodríguez 1961–1962
Moisés Solana 1963–1968
Pedro Rodríguez 1963–1971
Héctor Rebaque 1977–1981
Esteban Gutiérrez 2013–2014, 2016
Source:[5]

Summary of results

Driver Race Starts Wins Podiums Pole Positions Fastest Laps Career Points
Sergio Pérez * 257 6 35 3 11 1486
Ricardo Rodríguez 5 0 0 0 0 4
Moisés Solana 8 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Rodríguez 55 2 7 0 1 71
Héctor Rebaque 41 0 0 0 0 13
Esteban Gutiérrez 59 0 0 0 1 6
Totals: 424 8 42 3 13 1580

* Current driver

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mexico". F1 DataWeb. Object Co., Ltd. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. ^ Benson, Andrew (30 August 2019). "Racing Point: Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez confirmed for 2020 season". Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Sergio Perez reveals he is leaving Racing Point at the end of 2020 in shock announcement | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com.
  4. ^ "Perez to partner Verstappen at Red Bull in 2021, as Albon becomes reserve driver". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Mexico - Grands Prix started • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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