AUSTIN, Texas.- How do you define who is the best if you live in different times? How do you tell who contributed more or was more valuable? What the place does Sergio Perez In history? Is the Red Bull driver in Formula 1 already the most important in Mexico’s history?
It is very difficult to make a ranking in any comparative process between athletes from different eras. This is what happens in Mexican motorsports, but parameters can be established that give value to others.
Mexico’s motorsport history has featured great drivers with qualities and talents from another dimension, some who have mainly won on national territory and others who have shone abroad.
Among them are mainly national statues Moses Solana One Father William Rojas. No achievements are spared, even some on a foreign track, but there is another level above.
To wrap up quickly, right now only four drivers can raise their hands to be considered the best, most successful, most important or complete for some reason.
The list is very simple: Ricardo Rodriguez, Pedro Rodriguez, Adrian Fernandez Y Czech Perez.
Very talented…
Ricardo Rodriguez is a prodigy, a unicorn who lived too short among humans because his was from another dimension.
A teenager who dazzled Enzo Ferrari, qualifying second in his first Formula 1 Grand Prix, was called the champion of the category, certainly the youngest. The youngest of the Rodriguez family left this world too soon at the age of 20, but no one dares compare to him in natural talent and pure speed.
Ricardo’s problem was that it was like lightning, he arrived, stunned and made a total noise in the Mexican society of the early 60s, who idolized him without the need for social networks.
His prominence is almost legendary, a Prometheus who defied the gods, but an Icarus who flew high enough to melt the wax that had wings on his body before winning anything in F1.
Very complete…
Just as Ricardo is incomparable, his brother Pedro Rodríguez is a breed with only one copy.
A pilot of amphibious qualities and control in the rain that still inspire incredible stories outside of Mexico where he was idolized.
Absolute, because any vehicle with four wheels ran well, not to mention that it started with motorcycles.
Brands world champion in the sports car championship with Porsche, but also overall champion of two Formula 1 Grand Prix, multiple 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Fast, he didn’t bother to tune a car. It didn’t matter, he made any car faster. A hybrid never had the best cars and competed in an outlandish era on every row of the grid and it was easier to die in the race than it was to take the checkered flag.
Mexico made everything possible now
Adrien Fernandez doesn’t have the recognition he deserves to be a living legend of motorsport in Mexico, as he is believed to be more talented outside of a car than inside.
A self-made idol, his finesse and attention to detail made him the greatest Mexican driver in the history of Formula Car racing in the United States, and the most successful and grounded Mexican in IndyCar.
Adrian Gart finished second in the series, where the grid was made up of 28 Lions. John Paul Montoya, Michael Andretti, Helio Castroneves, Tony Cannon, Gil de Ferran, Jimmy Wasser And thereby others want Nigel Mansell, Mario Andretti, Alex Zanardi, Emerson Fittipaldi, Greg Moore, Al Ansar Jr. One Bobby Rahal.
Without Adrien Fernandez, Carlos Slim most likely would not have entered motor racing, or Checo Perez’s father would not have had the connections to support his son’s career. Checo Pérez, There Will Be No Time. But not only that, Adrian won 11 races between CART, Champ car and IRL during his 30 year career overseas.
He is the most charismatic idol known to motorsport in Mexico. Thanks to its popularity fueled by long autograph sessions and interaction with its fans, the CART Grand Prix was held in Monterrey and Mexico, which were the Pininos of CIE, today the promoter of the F1 Mexican Grand Prix in motor sports. .
All roads lead in one way or another to Adrian Fernandez, the link that would not let Mexican motorsports dry up in neglect without the Rodriguez brothers.
Most successful, longest, most important in F1
We finally arrived at Checo Pérez. Sergio is the Mexican driver with the most years, GPs and points in Formula 1 in history. Constructors’ champion and world runner-up with Red Bull in 2022.
Four wins, one pole position and twice fourth in the championship make up his resume. The man from Guadalajara had a career full of resilience. Although it took 10 years to get a car capable of winning races, it was one of the mid-table cars and won 10 podiums.
His surprise arrival at Red Bull put him in his place, yes, because now with a better car he was able to outshine and be closer to the formidable Max Verstappen in some GPs.
Checo Perez doesn’t need anyone to “make a case” to defend his career, the numbers speak for themselves. He is the best Mexican driver in F1, the most important and the reason for a renewed fever in motor sports in Mexico.
If he can win the Mexico City GP, if he hasn’t already, he will enter the idol category.
Putting on the hero cape is his thing. He is a product of work and never gives up. His ability to find traction without wearing hands and tires with “traction control” put him in a special category.
For this reason, Checo Pérez is yes, the most important pilot in the history of Mexico.
