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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain
Sunday, 28 March 2021
Red Bull Racing-Honda driver Sergio Perez will be hoping to start life at his new team with a win at the
Bahrain Grand Prix on March 28.
The Mexican star is coming off his best season in Formula One having flourished while driving for Racing Point.
His exploits at Racing Point earned him a big move to one of the top teams in Formula One, Red Bull Racing-Honda ahead of the 2021 campaign.
Perez, who finished 18th in last year's Bahrain Grand Prix, will be teammates with Max Verstappen at Red Bull.
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The Guadalajara-born driver won his first Formula One Grand Prix at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.
As a result, Perez, who had previously driven for Sauber, McLaren and Force India, broke the record for the number of starts before a race win at 190.
This was the first win for a Mexican driver since Pedro Rodríguez won the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix 50 years prior.
The 31-year-old, who finished fourth on last year's Drivers' Championship standings, is now looking to win his second Grand Prix race by clinching this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Perez says he is very hungry to win as he has a chance of a lifetime with Red Bull this season and he intends to seize it with both hands.
"I feel very, very hungry. Hungry for success. And I just know that I have an opportunity that comes once in your life and I just want to make the most out of it," Perez said.
"There are a couple of times that I think (is this real?)," he added. "When I see my name on that car, when I put the suit on, when I work here.
"It's just something that I think 'Wow...I'm a Red Bull racing driver'. It's just a massive opportunity in my career that comes at the best possible time."
2020 Bahrain Grand Prix results
Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Runner-Up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third-Place: Alexander Albon - Red Bull Racing-Honda
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