Thursday 12 December 2013

It's Official - Sergio Perez joins Nico Hülkenberg at Force India for 2014

Former Mclaren driver Sergio Perez will join Force India and team up with Nico Hülkenberg for the 2014 F1 season, it has been announced today (12/12/13).



Perez will make the move to Force India seeking to bounce back from a very touch 2013 season with McLaren, where his 2012 performance at Sauber did not repeated with his 2013 season at McLaren, with the team ultimately electing to replace him with Formula Renault 3.5 series champion Kevin Magnussen after just a single season.

Perez has now agreed a 'multi-year' deal with Force India that will see him join forces with Nico Hulkenberg, who confirmed his return to the team from Sauber last week.

In my opinion, no surprise that Sergio Perez will join to Force India, this has been rumoured since the United States Grand Prix, when the news that Kevin Magnussen signs to race for McLaren in 2014. Also, the financial backing from Mexico, which is around £12m a year was vital of the Perez signing at Force India next season.

I think the team of Sergio Perez and Nico Hülkenberg at Force India looks like a very exciting line up for the team since the Jordan days when Ralf Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella were team-mates in 1997.



The announcement leaves both Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil looking at other drives for 2014, with rumours that Paul di Resta either he is taking to Sauber about next season, or driving in the Indycar Seires next season replacing cousin Dario Franchitti at Ganassi next season, or a return to the DTM with Mercedes is also a possibility. As for Adrian Sutil, he is rumoured that he has already sign a contract next season at Sauber.

End of post for now, new post soon. Bye.

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