The father of Mexican Formula 1 driver Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez aspires to be a candidate for Mexico’s presidency and refused to “hang” on his son’s fame to achieve his goal, according to an interview published on Saturday .

“I go to many places and I start to check the media and networks where they talk about the father of ‘Checo’, that I’m hanging on his fame, but no, don’t get confused, I did ‘Checo’, “he declared. Antonio Perez Garibay in the local newspaper Millennium.

“‘Checo’ Pérez didn’t miss me; the day she has a child, a Formula 1 driver, we’ll talk,” he added.

Sergio Pérez, a member of the Red Bull team, is the Mexican motorist most notable in the history of Formula 1. Last March he captured the first pole position of his entire career and of his country’s motorsports, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

His 60-year-old father is a representative for the ruling Morena party for the state of Jalisco (west) and is said to be a “soldier of the president” Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as well as one of the architects of his son’s success. .

“There are two projects where I will die satisfied: putting a grain of sand to build the ‘Checo’ Pérez, the Mexican Formula 1 driver, and a grain of sand to build the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador” , he said, the newspaper quoted.

Pérez Garibay assured, however, that he would accept if López Obrador decided to support another of the candidates who replaced him in the post.

“I am a soldier of the president, I will continue my project in the hands of the president, but I know how to obey orders and if the president puts me down, I take him down“, he said, according to Millennium.

The next presidential election in Mexico is scheduled for July 2024 and the official candidacy is far from specified.

Pérez Garibay was not among the likely candidates, according to polls, which featured the current mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard as favorites.

Source: AFP