凯迪拉克与佩雷斯续约至2029年
佩雷斯与凯迪拉克车队续约至2029年,确保他将继续驾驶至本世纪末。佩雷斯的新合同意味着他将在未来几年内超越其他车手,成为历史上起跑次数第三多的车手。
塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯与一级方程式最新车队凯迪拉克签订了合同延期,这意味着他将在本世纪结束前保持自己的位置。
佩雷斯和另一位老将队友瓦尔特里·博塔斯本赛季加入了这支新兴的一级方程式车队,他们签订了"多年"合同,尽管人们认为这些合同不会超过2027年。
与队友博塔斯不同,佩雷斯下赛季保留座位的问题从未有过疑问——但凯迪拉克现在通过在佩雷斯家乡赛事,墨西哥大奖赛前夕宣布新合同,强调了其对佩雷斯的承诺和对他的满意。
这笔交易被宣布为"至少到2029年",据《赛车》了解,这包括2029赛季。
佩雷斯本周末将记录他的第300场F1比赛,成为历史上第七位做到这一点的车手,而新的合同意味着在未来几年里,他有望超越杰森·巴顿、迈克尔·舒马赫、鲁本斯·巴里切罗和基米·莱科宁,成为所有时间起跑次数排行榜上的第三位。
这将使他仅排在费尔南多·阿隆索和刘易斯·汉密尔顿之后。
“在F1中建立一个有竞争力的车队是一项长期旅程,而确保切科的才能和领导力为我们提供了我们需要的连续性和承诺,以在我们第一年建立的强大基础上继续发展,”车队首席执行官丹·托里斯斯说。
尽管今年凯迪拉克的两名车手都没有得分——佩雷斯在摩纳哥赛道上排名第10,但被赛后时间处罚剥夺了成绩——但在表现方面,佩雷斯已经与博塔斯拉开了距离,在资格赛中略占优势,在比赛节奏上则优势更加明显。
Bottas虽然认为,由于这是一支新车队,不可避免地会有一些磨合问题——更不用说这是新规定体系的第一年——车库里两部分的机械并没有一致性,无法进行公平的比较。
但是,Perez的续约似乎表明凯迪拉克并不完全认同这种观点——尤其是在上周末传出消息,车队还不愿意承诺Bottas,不仅是长期合同,还包括2027年的合同。
像开发车手Colton Herta、Frederik Vesti和角田裕毅等人都被提及作为Perez 2027年队友的替代选项。
如果Perez能够完成这份新合同,那么2029年将标志着他在F1的第18个赛季,当时他39岁。
英文原文
Sergio Perez has secured a contract extension with Formula 1's newest team Cadillac, meaning he is set to keep his seat through to the end of the decade.
Perez and fellow veteran team-mate Valtteri Bottas had joined the upstart F1 team for this season on "multi-year" contracts, though these weren't thought to go beyond 2027.
Unlike for his team-mate Bottas, there has not been any question of Perez keeping the seat for next year - but Cadillac has now emphasised its commitment to and satisfaction with Perez by announcing a new deal on the eve of his home race, the Mexican Grand Prix.
The deal has been announced as being "until at least 2029", which The Race understands does include the 2029 season.
Perez is set to record his 300th F1 start this weekend, the seventh-ever driver to do so, and the new contract means that in the coming years he is poised to overtake Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello and Kimi Raikkonen for third on the all-time starts leaderboard.
That would place him behind only Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.
"Building a competitive team in F1 is a long-term journey, and securing Checo's talent and leadership gives us the continuity and commitment we need to build on the strong foundation established in our first year," said team CEO Dan Towriss.
Though neither Cadillac driver has scored points this year - Perez finished 10th on the road in Monaco but was denied by a post-race time penalty - Perez has separated himself from Bottas in terms of performance, with a marginal edge in qualifying and a more pronounced advantage in race pace.
Bottas, though, has argued that due to it being a new team with inevitable teething troubles - not to mention the first year of a very particular new set of regulations - there has not been the machinery consistency across the two parts of the garage to make for a fair comparison.
But Perez's extension suggests Cadillac doesn't quite see it that way - especially as it emerged last weekend that the team was not yet willing to commit to Bottas, not just longer-term but for 2027.
The likes of development driver Colton Herta, Frederik Vesti and Yuki Tsunoda have been mooted as alternative options for Perez's 2027 team-mate.
If Perez sees out this new deal as advertised, 2029 will mark his 18th season in F1, at age 39.
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