Father of “Checo” Pérez attacks the owner of Aston Martin

Antonio Pérez Garibay, father of Sergio “Checo” Pérez He launched a harsh comparison between his son and Lance Stroll, who believes that he remains in Formula 1 thanks to the economic power of his father Lawrence Stroll, who owns the Aston Martin team.

The father of the Guadalajara spoke after the constant rumors that have arisen about the future of the Mexican driver in the Red Bull team in which, despite still having a couple of years guaranteed in his contract, there has been speculation about the interest of the team. the energy drink in other pilots.

“I am not Mr. Stroll, I do not have the money to buy my son a Formula 1 team nor do we have the capital to be there”commented the former Mexican politician who a few months ago suffered health problems from which he would have completely recovered.

In his statements, collected by FOX Sports México, Pérez Garibay also highlighted that Sergio “Checo” Pérez has the sporting endorsement to remain in Formula 1 despite the unfortunate performance he is currently having.

“Checo is there because of him, he got to where he is because of him, he is still there because of him and the position he has is because of him”highlighted the father of the Guadalajara driver who debuted in the highest category of world motorsport in 2010 with the Sauber team.

After a two-week break, “Checo” Pérez and the rest of the F1 drivers are preparing to compete this weekend in the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the penultimate test of the 2024 season in which the Mexican will seek to break his bad streak. streak of results that has been going on since April.

Homophobic attack on Ralf Schumacher

Antonio Pérez Garibay also responded to some criticism of Sergio “Checo” Pérez that the former F1 driver, Ralf Schumacher, made to his son with some statements in which he spoke about the German’s homosexuality.

“There is a driver who was in Formula 1, a journalist who first declares that ‘Checo’ was already out of Red Bull and the next week he comes out of the closet, I don’t know if he was in love with Checo”said the Mexican’s father in an ESPN podcast.

“There are many strange things that you no longer know if he is a journalist, if he is a woman or a gentleman, but his word was in doubt not because of ‘Checo’ Pérez but because of the issue of his wife, what he commented,” he added about the former German pilot.

Days ago Ralf Schumacher assured that the young Argentine driver Franco Colapinto would be the candidate to join the Red Bull team to take the place of “Checo” Pérez as Max Verstappen’s partner.

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