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By: Kike Frías Updated 01 Jun 2022, two: 35 am EDT
Last weekend was historic for the Mexican driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, who won the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, the third victory he has obtained in the highest category since he arrived in 2009.
The celebrations of the Checo did not wait. Joy flooded his team, Red Bull; Pérez was even seen a little convalescing the next day after obtain the victory, typical of the celebrations and the party.
But on Sunday itself in the Principality of Monaco, and as indicates the tradition of the bull racing team, the man from Guadalajara jumped into the pool located in the urban circuit of Montecarlo , but he did not do it alone, but was accompanied by former Mexican President Felipe Calderón.
The political leader of the PAN was in the place carrying out tasks as director of the Environment and Sustainability Commission of the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
Hundreds of comments from users from Mexico, a country that is very politically polarized , expressed criticism for the fact, many of them typical of the poison of the state reality.
Among the toxic comments posted on the network social Twitter, some pointed out that Sergio’s father, Antonio Pérez Garibay, is a deputy for the National Regeneration Movement party (Morena) and an active member in favor of the so-called “Fourth Transformation” carried out by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Many described Pérez Garibay as a “traitor” who should undergo a “political trial” for what your son has done. But apart from arguments full of hate and meaninglessness, the leader of Morena clarified on W Radio that he knows and is a “friend” of Felipe Calderón, who lent support to his son on his way to reach F1.
“We are friends of all the former presidents of Mexico who are currently living, we do not carry other people’s colds, my love is for Mexico and my son’s too; We have a lot to thank Calderón for, he was the one who supported Checo to get to Formula 1”Antonio Pérez Garibay
In addition, the idea that Calderón was in the pool was not from the former president himself, but from Checo Pérez who was with him celebrating and spontaneously pulled him into the dip.
Before the race the Mexican from 32 years ago he made a bet with the renowned journalist Juan Fossaroli before the race, that if he won the GP they would jump into the famous pool together. Finally, the communicator and F1 expert had to comply and it was Checo himself who pushed him.
Everything is joy in the environment and career of Sergio Pérez. His teammate, Max Verstappen, commands the classification of the highest category, while he is third, in addition to that the Red Bull team commands the constructors’ table with 100 points.
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