“Checo” Pérez, masked, present at the October Festival in Guadalajara

Taking advantage of the one-month break in Formula 1, the Mexican Sergio “Checo” Pérez He did not want to miss the October Festivities in his native Guadalajara where the Red Bull team driver appeared trying to go unnoticed by wearing a mask of Rey Misterio, the legend of wrestling.

However, the Tapatio’s strategy did not work at all well since the event account on social networks published an image of him accompanied by a thank you for his presence in the traditional festivals that have been taking place since October 4. and until November 4.

“They will fight for two to three falls with no time limit. Today we had a luxury guest among the spectators, thank you for being part of this great family event full of emotion, Sergio “Checo” Pérez. Your visit filled us with pride”wrote the organizers of the event mentioning the pilot.

Sergio “Checo” Pérez was accompanied by his father, Antonio Pérez Garibay, who is already feeling much better after the recent health episode in which he had to be admitted to an emergency clinic due to a pre-infarction.

The October Festivals are a cultural and recreational festival that takes place in Jalisco, capital of Guadalajara and where various types of music, dance, cinema, works of art, among others, are presented in order to exalt traditions. of said Mexican state.

When does “Checo” Pérez run again?

When there are still two more weeks of the one-month break in the 2024 Formula 1 season, the Mexican from the Red Bull team will return to the tracks next weekend of October 20 with the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.

The race at the Circuit of the Americas marks part of what is the final stretch of the calendar this season, with six races remaining in which both “Checo” Pérez and the energy drink team are urged to recover their level. lost.

The Mexican wants to climb from eighth place in the drivers’ classification, a position to which he dropped as a result of a streak of 13 races in which he has not been able to get on the podium, something that has not happened since April 21 in the Grand Prix from China where he finished in third place.

For its part, the Austrian team wants to regain first place in the constructors’ standings as soon as possible after having lost it to McLaren, which has been showing its dominance race by race with the help of the British Lando Norris and the Australian Oscar Piastri.

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