Cadillac secures Pérez through 2029 ahead of home Grand Prix

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Sergio Pérez has extended his Cadillac contract through at least 2029, giving the new Formula 1 team continuity as it works through its early seasons. The announcement arrived before the Mexico City Grand Prix, a home weekend that was also set to bring the Mexican driver’s 300th race start.

Pérez joined Cadillac ahead of its 2026 debut. Retaining him links the team’s next phase to one of the drivers who has been involved from the beginning, rather than making a change while the organisation is still developing its foundations.

Experience stays at the centre of the project

Formula 1’s official announcement records six Grand Prix victories across Pérez’s career, which has included Sauber, McLaren, Force India, Racing Point and Red Bull. That range of experience is relevant to a team learning how to establish itself on the grid.

A new operation must build working relationships as well as a car. Driver feedback has to become useful information for engineers, while the organisation learns how to prepare, run and improve its equipment across different circuits. Keeping a familiar driver can preserve that shared understanding as the project grows.

Pérez described the extension as a continuation of a programme he believed in from the start. Cadillac chief executive Dan Towriss similarly emphasised continuity and leadership in the team’s announcement.

A long-term commitment before a home milestone

The timing gave the agreement an additional personal dimension. Mexico City was scheduled to be Pérez’s 300th Grand Prix start, bringing a career milestone in front of his home supporters.

The extension concerns a much longer horizon than one weekend. It gives both sides a defined period in which to keep building, with the driver committing to a project whose progress is measured over seasons rather than individual races.

For supporters of a new team, that can be a reassuring signal. Stability does not guarantee results, but it gives the development programme a consistent reference point and reduces one major uncertainty about the future line-up.

The next measure is progress on track

At the time of the announcement, Formula 1 reported that Cadillac and Pérez had yet to score a point in 2026. The contract therefore represents confidence in the direction of the project rather than a reward attached to an already successful points campaign.

The task is to turn continuity into improvement. Better preparation, clearer feedback and a more developed car all need to converge before the benefit appears in race results. A longer contract creates space for that work, but the competitive test remains the same.

Pérez now has a clearer future with Cadillac, and Cadillac has retained a driver familiar with the team’s first steps. The partnership’s next chapter will be judged by how effectively those shared beginnings become progress further up the field.