Sergio Perez admits winning the Mexican GP is his biggest dream

Sergio Perez is hopeful of getting a strong result and perhaps even a potential win at home GP.

Sergio Perez admits winning the Mexican GP is his biggest dream

Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso (via IMAGO)

The 33-year-old Mexican driver, Sergio Perez has been facing a massive performance slump over the past few race weekends. Despite winning two races in the season, the Mexican has been unable to emerge victorious in a race for the past 13 races. The late-season races aren’t favorable for Perez as the races constitute a Sprint weekend. Sergio Perez has often talked about winning the race on his home soil in Mexico.

Checo has coined the Mexican GP as his favorite race on multiple occasions. He talked about his home race and mentioned that he would be looking to get the most out of the car this weekend. Perez also talked about the continuous support and attention from the team in the paddock and fans around the circuit.

If there is a weekend where you want to be perfect, maximize the result and want to win, that's the one with the home GP. The car is the same as always and in the paddock I will have a lot of support and attention.
Sergio Perez in a FIA conference.
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Perez also talked about how drivers forget the attention of the spectators once they’re in the car. The Mexican further added that winning the home GP would fulfill his biggest dream. Especially after the 33-year-old is facing a winless streak of 13 races. Moreover, Checo added that he is looking forward to the three practice sessions and termed that the days need to be ‘three perfect days’.

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He further said:

Once you're in the car, it's easy to forget about attention. Winning would be crazy and obviously it would be my biggest dream to do it this weekend. I am totally focused on tomorrow, on the Free, we want them to be three perfect days.

Sergio Perez commented on the new Sprint Format weekends

After Perez failed to reach even Q3 in five races consecutively, He claimed that the team has come a long way in the past few race weeks. The Mexican driver pointed out that he has performed better in recent rounds. This was evident by his P5 finish at US GP which was later upgraded to a P4 finish due to disqualifications.

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Sergio Perez (via imago)

A lot of the racers on the grid have slammed the new F1 Sprint format. Perez was undoubtedly one of those. Checo stated how the team could not deliver the maximum results due to the Sprint weekend. He also added that the teams get very little time to work on the car and find the perfect balance for the race on Sunday.

Following the US GP, Perez claimed that the team had gone in the wrong direction with the car due to time-bounds. He is hopeful of greater results at the Mexico City GP. Checo even displayed a special helmet honoring the Mexican GP and its culture. The entire paddock as well as the fans have their eyes set on Sergio Perez to put forth his best results at his home GP.

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