Pérez, 32, who has three successes in F1, was until now engaged until the end of 2022 with Red Bull.
At the end of the Monaco GP, the seventh round of the season (out of 22), he is in third place in the overall drivers' classification with 110 points, 15 points behind the leader, his team-mate Max Verstappen, reigning world champion, and nine lengths from Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.
“He proved time and time again that he was not only a great team player, but his comfort level was increasing and he had become a real force to be reckoned with at the front of the grid. “, rejoiced the boss of the Red Bull team, Christian Horner.
“For me it has been an incredible week, winning the Monaco Grand Prix is a dream for any driver and then announcing that I will continue with the team until 2024 makes me extremely happy,” explained the Guadalajara native. , who signed with Red Bull in 2021.
The joy of Mexican Sergio Perez, winner of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, at the wheel of his Red Bull, on May 29, 2022 LOIC VENANCE AFP
"I'm so proud to be a member of this team and I feel completely at home here now," said Pérez, who is backed by longtime Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
"We work very well together and my relationship with Max, on and off the track, certainly helps us to advance even more", assured the one who won the first pole position of his career this season at the Arabian GP. Saudi Arabia at the end of March.
At the Spanish GP, two weeks ago, Pérez had received the order to let Verstappen pass, who had won in front of him, team instructions "unfair" according to him.
Pérez started in F1 in 2011 with Sauber before driving for McLaren in 2013 and then joining Force India in 2014.
He remained in this team, which became Racing Point in 2018, until 2020.
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