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Sergio Michel "Checo" Pérez Mendoza is a Mexican racing driver, who most recently competed in Formula One from 2011 to 2024. Pérez was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2023 with Red Bull, and won six Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Pérez began competitive kart racing aged six. Graduating to junior formulae in 2004, Pérez won his first championship in the national class of the 2007 British Formula 3 International Series. He progressed to the GP2 Series in 2009, finishing runner-up to Pastor Maldonado the following season with Addax. A member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2010, Pérez signed for Sauber in 2011 to partner Kamui Kobayashi, making his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix, where both were disqualified for an illegal rear wing. Pérez found greater success for the team in 2012, achieving his maiden podium finish in Malaysia, and repeating this feat in Canada and Italy. Wikipedia