Sergio Perez has revealed Pink Bull funded a dear remedy session to assist him again when he raced for the group in Components 1.
Perez joined Pink Bull in 2021 after each Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon struggled within the outfit’s second automobile, however he took only one victory that 12 months as team-mate Max Verstappen gained 10 grands prix on his method to a maiden world title.
“As quickly as I arrived at Pink Bull, within the first races, after I didn’t ship outcomes, [they told me] ‘What you want is a psychologist, it’s important to see a psychologist’,” Perez advised the Cracks podcast. So the Mexican did.
“On high of that you’ve your entire group in opposition to you. Publicly it was very troublesome”
Sergio Perez
“At some point I arrive on the Pink Bull manufacturing facility they usually inform me, ‘Hey, there’s a invoice for you’ – £6,000 from the psychologist. I inform them, ‘Ah, are you able to ship it to Helmut [Marko, Red Bull advisor]? He’ll pay it’. It was £6,000 for one name,” he laughed.
“Then Helmut tells me, ‘Hey, how did it go?’. I inform him, ‘Good, with this session we’re all set’. And that’s how we went on for 3 years, proper? Already cured by the psychologist, the outcomes began to come back. Nicely, the decision labored.”
Sergio Perez, Pink Bull Racing, with Helmut Marko, Advisor, Pink Bull Racing
Photograph by: Motorsport Pictures
Albeit a constant podium finisher and occasional race winner, Perez stored struggling relative to Verstappen and his efficiency collapsed in 2024 on the wheel of a tough RB20, which led to his exit from the squad.
“Within the final years, it was a lot that I mentioned, ‘Nicely, perhaps I do need assistance, proper? The outcomes aren’t coming’.
“I regarded for it in every single place, however deep down I knew completely nicely that when you’ve a automobile the place you’re desirous about what’s going to occur, what it will do, wherein nook you’re going to crash, you possibly can’t go quick. And on high of that you’ve your entire group in opposition to you. Publicly it was very troublesome. I believe solely somebody very mentally robust can stand up to one thing like that.”
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Having sat the 2025 season out, Perez – who is popping 36 this month – is returning to F1 this 12 months with the brand new Cadillac outfit.
Extra reporting by Federico Faturos
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