All news on the topic: Sergio Perez

Many have doubted Perez's chances of ever putting up a strong title fight against Red Bull team-mate Verstappen, but the Mexican has impressed so far this season

Perez is keeping up with Verstappen admirably in these early stages of the new F1 season – and has the chance to take the lead of the championship with victory in Miami

Tsunoda has started the new season strongly and has made obvious improvements to his racecraft and mentality, leading to talk of a possible Red Bull promotion in his future

Perez won the Azerbaijan GP with Verstappen second after the Dutchman has his strategy ruined by a safety car, denying fans what could have been a closely-fought duel between the Red Bull racers

Perez vowed he can match Verstappen over a season and has done well to prove it so far this year, but only one of the Red Bull racers can be champion at the end of the campaign

Perez and Verstappen have won two races apiece so far this season, but car problems in Melbourne meant Perez dropped more points than he wanted and leave him trailing in the standings

Perez is holding his own against Verstappen so far this year and did very well to win in Baku, but the Mexican's tense relationship with his team-mate remains a potential issue

Sergio Perez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but Red Bull chief Christian Horner's message to Max Verstappen after the race told Ted Kravitz that the Dutchman remains top dog in the team

Sergio Perez beat his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but Christian Horner admitted he got "lucky" with the Safety Car

Perez won the Baku race with Verstappen forced to settle for second, having pitted from the lead moments before a safety car gave his team-mate a cheap stop for new tyres

Sergio Perez won the Baku race with Max Verstappen second to cap another very strong weekend for Red Bull, but team boss Horner was forced to defend his team after accusations of a rule break

Charles Leclerc started the Baku race on pole, but it wasn't long before Max Verstappen flexed the muscles of his Red Bull to take the lead early while Sergio Perez also moved past

Charles Leclerc started the Sprint on pole but could not resist Sergio Perez, while Max Verstappen and George Russell exchanged blows on the first lap to leave the Red Bull star furious

Verstappen may be the defending champion and current standings leader, but he has not had things his own way so far this weekend in Baku with Charles Leclerc stealing the spotlight

The first ever F1 Sprint qualifying session took place on Saturday morning, with Charles Leclerc hoping to make it back-to-back poles on consecutive days ahead of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton

Verstappen sits atop the championship standings after the first three races of the season, and will look to extend his advantage at this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes were looking to build on a strong performance last time out in Melbourne with a good qualifying in Baku, though Max Verstappen remained the favourite with Charles Leclerc the challenger

Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team have picked up where they left off last season and are dominating the F1 standings again, but Johnny Herbert knows things can still change

Perez faces a tough mountain to climb in his bid to beat Red Bull team-mate Verstappen this year – something Valtteri Bottas knows a lot about having competed against Hamilton for so long

It has been suggested plenty of times that Red Bull prioritise Max Verstappen over Sergio Perez when push comes to shove – but don't voice that opinion in front of the Mexican's father

Carlos Sainz dropped out of the points places at the Australian GP thanks to a penalty for spinning Fernando Alonso, against which Ferrari launched an official protest

Verstappen is the current standings leader and already overwhelming favourite to secure his third successive F1 title this year, but one former F1 champion is not convinced he will have it all his own way in Baku

Sergio Perez only remains under contract with Red Bull until 2024 whilst AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost has told them exactly when his natural successor will be ready to step up to the plate

Perez, 33, is not a long-term option for Red Bull, who have been tipped to bring in younger blood within the next couple of years, and it could come in the form of someone already on the books

Max Verstappen started the Australian GP on pole with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in his mirrors, while Fernando Alonso was also lurking in hope of an opportunity