Sergio Perez says it’s too quickly for him to know if he’ll return to System 1 in future after his sudden departure from Crimson Bull on the finish of 2024.
Crimson Bull introduced Perez was leaving the crew simply over per week after the tip of final season following a disappointing 12 months that yielded solely 4 podiums. On the time, crew principal Christian Horner claimed it was Perez’s resolution to take a break from F1, and whereas the Mexican says he’ll take time to investigate his subsequent transfer, he suggests he was not the one initially seeking to make a change.
“Truthfully, I don’t know,” Perez stated on the Leon State Truthful. “It’s too early to inform you, to have a solution. The whole lot occurred in a short time on the finish of the season, so I didn’t count on it.
“Now I’m in an unbelievable, dreamy place, which I didn’t even understand I used to be in, so should you ask me now, I don’t know. I’m very pleased with my life, very enthusiastic about what’s forward.
“For positive, if I obtain , fascinating undertaking, then I’ll positively take into account it and give it some thought. It can all are available its personal time. For now, my precedence within the months forward is to have enjoyable, do what I haven’t been capable of, journey, be with my household…
“Within the subsequent six months I’ll decide on what I need for the following step of my profession.”
Not getting ready for the beginning of a brand new System 1 season, Perez admits he’s having fun with his newfound freedom and desires to profit from not being tied to such an intense schedule in 2025.
“It’s unbelievable, particularly presently of 12 months if you’re already interested by the season and you may’t do something anymore. It’s actually cool as a result of I’ve been doing this all my life. I’ve been in System 1 for 14 12 months and earlier than that, I’ve been racing since I used to be six years outdated.
“So that is my first 12 months since I can bear in mind the place I can determined what to do. It may be completely different plans, I can go [somewhere], I can verify a visit, I can go along with my household and my kids wherever I need. So the reality is it’s one thing that I’m having fun with quite a bit, and I’m actually wanting ahead to what’s coming this 12 months.
“The reality is that I’m very calm, very blissful, having fun with time with my kids quite a bit, with my household, with my buddies. And I feel that I’m lastly going to journey as a result of in all these years I’ve traveled everywhere in the world, however with out understanding it. And so now I’m actually wanting ahead to touring, to attending to know completely different locations, to do issues that I haven’t finished for a very long time.”
