Perez misses Mexico fan forum but stays on course for both Friday sessions
Sergio Perez is out of the Mexico GP fan forum through illness, but Cadillac still expect him in the car for both Friday sessions. The team are bottom of the championship without points from 18 rounds, and the Mexican reaches his 300th start this weekend after signing an extension to 2029.
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Sergio Perez está fora do fã-forum do GP do México, sua prova de casa. A doença afastou o mexicano, informou a Cadillac, embora a equipe ainda espere tê-lo no carro nas duas sessões de sexta-feira no Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
A notícia vem depois de Valtteri Bottas ter faltado ao dia de mídia de quinta-feira com o mesmo problema. Bottas deve estar no circuito na sexta conforme o planejado, mas seu carro passa ao piloto de testes Colton Herta na primeira hora — parte da corrida do americano pela superlicença.
A equipe informou:
“Checo Perez infelizmente não poderá comparecer ao fã-forum de hoje em seu GP de casa por doença”
“Tanto ele quanto a equipe pedem desculpas a todos os fãs que vieram vê-lo. Checo e a equipe decidiram lhe dar mais tempo para descansar e se recuperar nesta manhã, antes das sessões de hoje na pista.”
A Cadillac acrescentou que o restante do fim de semana dele, incluindo o TL1 e o TL2, não foi afetado, e que Bottas assumirá as funções de mídia e participará do segundo treino conforme o programado.
Se Perez não conseguir disputar a sessão de abertura, o plano alternativo parece ser Bottas e Herta, com Zhou Guanyu também disponível como reserva. Zhou não corre desde o fim de 2024, quando terminou uma passagem decepcionante pela Sauber.
Tem sido um ano de estreia punitivo para a equipe americana: último no campeonato, sem pontos em 18 grandes prêmios, folgadamente o pacote mais lento. Nada disso impediu Perez de assinar na quarta-feira uma renovação válida até 2029.
Ele também deve chegar à sua 300ª largada neste fim de semana. Bottas, em contraste, não tem confirmação para 2027. O primeiro treino começa às 12h30 no horário local, com o TL2 três horas e meia depois.
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