The Mexican Red Bull driver spoke on social networks about the images that went viral after his first victory of 2022 and the renewal of his contract in Formula 1
Checo Pérez won the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix and renewed his contract with Red Bull (Photo: REUTERS)
A video of the Mexican driver Sergio Checo Pérez caused a stir in the world of Formula 1. The footage shows the Red Bull man in the middle of a big celebration on a luxury yacht, visibly drunk, having difficulty getting down a ladder. The footage spread like wildfire on social networks and was even mocked, so Checo has decided to release a brief statement to give his version of the events.
“I have seen the videos that have been circulating about me and I take responsibility for it. It was a bad party that I did not know how to control at the level of the person I am, but it was just that, a very bad party,” the Aztec athlete wrote in a storie on his Instagram.
These controversial images went viral on the networks on the eve of the great triumph that Checo Pérez achieved at the Monaco Grand Prix. It was a historic triumph. The 32-year-old Mexican pilotwon thanks to a good strategy by the Austrian team and became just the fifth Latin American to win a Formula 1 race in the Principality.
And he wasn’t just celebrating his great performance in Monaco. 48 hours from achieving its first victory in the 2022 season, the third since competing in the Máxima, the Red Bull team announced the b>renewal of the contract of the rider from Guadalajara for the next two seasons, until 2024.
After these joys, that film appeared on social networks where the Mexican pilot has problems getting out of the upper part of a boatand is helped by three people. In one of his hands, Checo Pérez carries an object that appears to be a shoe, while trying to descend the steps of the means of transport.< /p>The Mexican driver came to celebrate his first win of the season and the third in his career after overcoming one of the most iconic circuits of the 2022 Formula 1 season.
Another group of people waits aboard a smaller vessel in the Mediterranean Seaand they comment with laughter on the drunk state of the Red Bull driver. The material unleashed all kinds of comments and memes against a Checo Pérez who celebrated a new milestone in the Formula 1: became the fifth Latin driver to win in Monaco after Brazilian Ayrton Senna (6 times), Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio ( 2) and Carlos Alberto Reutemann (1), and the Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya (1).
“People close He knows my values and the type of person I am. For those who ask me, my wife and I are closer than ever. And for those who only want to hurt us, I wish you the best. Thank you all for your love and I apologize to all those people who love me because those videos do not represent me at all. We will not talk about this topic anymore, which only makes us forget the great moment we are experiencing as a family. Thank you, ”the Aztec pilot closed in his writing.