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The pressure on Sergio Perez for 2024

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  A disappointed Perez after getting knocked out of Q1 at the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.   Sergio "Checo" Perez is one of the most experienced drivers on the current F1 grid. Entering in 261 grand prix weekend starting from the 2011 Australian Grand Prix and was one of F1's most solid in the 2010s. Throughout his long career, Checo has amassed 6 wins, 35 podiums and 3 pole positions.   In the 2010s, Sergio often found himself sitting in a podium position with a car that did not belong there. Standout performances where he did such a thing include Bahrain 2014, Russia 2015 and Azerbaijan 2016.  Sergio Perez after finishing 3rd at the 2015 Russian Grand Prix for Force India.   Despite this, he never got a chance to display his talent in a front running team, with his only opportunity coming in the form of McLaren in 2013, but by then the Woking team was heading towards a downward spiral.   In his 10th year in the game, Checo finally found himself in a position ...

ONES TO WATCH - F1 drivers who have it all to prove in 2024

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    We are in 2024 now, which means that a new season awaits for the world's best 20 drivers to take on 24 of some of the world's most tough, technical and tricky race tracks in 22 countries across the globe.   With an unchanged line-up from the year preceding, there are some drivers who are lucky to receive a contract extension and have a lot to prove to their teams to show that they should be kept for 2025 around the F1 circus. On the other hand, you have drivers who have had a solid 2023 and are looking to build on that and make 2024 a more spectacular season and truly etch themselves as one of F1's best drivers who are world championship material.   Here are some drivers that we should look out for in the upcoming season:   Logan Sargeant   America's only F1 driver on the grid has secured himself a second season in the highest level of motorsport. The American had a tricky 2023, getting wiped in the qualifying head to head against his team-mate Alex Alb...