Perez joins Ferrari too!

The Ferrari Driver Academy welcomes another new talent to its midst: Sergio Perez, the twenty year old driver from Guadalajara (Mexico) joins the ranks of Scuderia Ferrari’s programme which was launched last year and which already has six drivers on its books. The news comes just a few days after Sergio was announced as a race driver for the Sauber team in 2011: the young Mexican will thus make his Formula 1 debut in a car powered by Ferrari.

Born on 26 January 1990, Sergio began his single-seater career in the United States, racing in the National Skip Barber Championship. In 2005, he made the trip to Europe, competing in the German Formula BMW series for two years, before upholding the colours of the Mexican team in the A1 GP championship in 2007. That same year, he embarked on a campaign in the British Formula 3 series, winning four races in that category in 2008, finishing fourth overall in the championship.

At the end of 2008, he made the move to GP2. He has four wins to his name in this category, the most prestigious coming in the feature race in Monaco. Sergio currently lies second in the 2010 championship, with just one round remaining in Abu Dhabi to close the season.