Pérez says Mexican fans struggle to watch him at the back with Cadillac

Heading for his home race in Mexico, Sergio Pérez says it is difficult for Mexican fans to watch him at the back with Cadillac after they had grown used to seeing him win and fight near the front. He called the change “tough to digest.”

Pérez said fans understood the different circumstances and were fully behind Cadillac’s project. Cadillac is in its first season in Formula 1, relying on customer Ferrari power units while General Motors develops a factory engine for introduction later in the decade.

After 17 rounds, Pérez was last in the 2026 drivers’ championship on zero points. He finished 17th, two laps down, at the Singapore Grand Prix. He had spent more than a decade among Formula 1’s front-runners with Racing Point and Red Bull, building a nationwide following in Mexico.

Cadillac’s home race in Austin comes before Pérez’s home round in Mexico City. He said the Mexico City Grand Prix would be his 300th grand prix start if all went to plan, and that sharing the milestone with his country would make it special.