Sergio Pérez's Rollercoaster Journey to F1

Sergio Pérez's racing career properly began when he gave up everything in Mexico and moved to Europe as a teenager, completely alone.

His road to F1 was far from certain as he battled loneliness and language barriers on the other side of the world from his family. But Checo never gave up on his dream, and worked hard to achieve a seat in Formula 1.

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Leopold

Leopold Pleijsier founded F1-Fansite.com in 2001 and has followed Formula 1 since the early 1980s. He writes about daily F1 news, race weekends, drivers and the sport’s history.

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