Sergio Perez says it’s too quickly for him to know if he’ll return to Method 1 in future after his sudden departure from Crimson Bull on the finish of 2024.
Crimson Bull introduced Perez was leaving the staff simply over every week after the top of final season following a disappointing yr that yielded solely 4 podiums. On the time, staff 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 trying to make a change.
“Truthfully, I don’t know,” Perez mentioned on the Leon State Truthful. “It’s too early to inform you, to have a solution. Every little thing 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 for those who ask me now, I don’t know. I’m very pleased with my life, very enthusiastic about what’s forward.
“For certain, if I obtain a very good, attention-grabbing venture, then I’ll undoubtedly think about it and give it some thought. It’ll all are available in its personal time. For now, my precedence within the months forward is to have enjoyable, do what I haven’t been in a position to, journey, be with my household…
“Within the subsequent six months I’ll decide on what I would like for the subsequent step of my profession.”
No longer getting ready for the beginning of a brand new Method 1 season, Perez admits he’s having fun with his newfound freedom and desires to take advantage of not being tied to such an intense schedule in 2025.
“It’s unbelievable, particularly right now of yr once you’re already occupied with the season and you’ll’t do something anymore. It’s actually cool as a result of I’ve been doing this all my life. I’ve been in Method 1 for 14 yr and earlier than that, I’ve been racing since I used to be six years previous.
“So that is my first yr since I can bear in mind the place I can determined what to do. It may be totally different plans, I can go [somewhere], I can affirm a visit, I can go along with my household and my youngsters wherever I would like. So the reality is it’s one thing that I’m having fun with lots, and I’m actually trying ahead to what’s coming this yr.
“The reality is that I’m very calm, very pleased, having fun with time with my youngsters lots, with my household, with my associates. And I believe 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 realizing it. And so now I’m actually trying ahead to touring, to attending to know totally different locations, to do issues that I haven’t performed for a very long time.”
