Perez delighted to have regained the confidence he lost 'during the final six months at Red Bull'

The Mexican driver came close to scoring Cadillac's first-ever Formula 1 point at the Monaco Grand Prix, but a time penalty ultimately dropped him from P10.

Perez says he has been very satisfied with his performances so far this season, as he explained to GPblog and other media outlets at Silverstone. The Mexican returned to Formula 1 after sitting out the 2025 campaign, having been released by Red Bull Racing and replaced by Liam Lawson after 2024.

Perez said: "I've been very pleased with my level of performance, what I've delivered during the year in terms of qualifying, race. it's been pretty solid and I'm really happy. I think the confidence is completely back. I'm really happy and confident and it's like the confidence that I lost in the last six months at my previous team, it's all back and I do believe that I'm operating at a very high level."

He added: "Just feeling at one with the car, with the team, that brings the whole confidence back and knowing that you can perform at your very best."

Over his years in Formula 1, Perez has been considered to be among the best in terms of tyre management. The Cadillac driver believes that translated to the current generation of cars as well. He concluded: "Yes, definitely. You can see my race pace. It's extremely good. Qualifying has been good, but I think it's the race pace where I make a bit of a difference."

Perez also highlighted the importance of the next months ahead for the American team. "We are obviously now into our ninth race, so obviously the whole team wants to see more progress in all areas and more structure. So we are in that process of structuring everything out and being a new team. There are so many challenges we seem to be facing already those issues that other teams are facing.