Sergio Perez makes wild psychologist revelation about Purple Bull F1 stint

Sergio Perez says he was instructed to see a £6000-per-hour psychologist by Purple Bull early into his stint with the Method 1 workforce.

The Mexican was signed to Purple Bull for the 2021 season, although he encountered a tough begin to his time as he failed to attain a podium inside the primary 5 rounds.

He bagged a primary win for the workforce in Azerbaijan on the sixth spherical of the season and made semi-regular podium appearances after that.

In an look on the Cracks podcast, Sergio Perez revealed Purple Bull informed him he wanted to work with a psychologist early into his first season with the workforce, which proved to be a £6000 cellphone name.

“As quickly as I arrived at Purple Bull, within the first races, after I didn’t ship outcomes, [the team said], ‘What you want is a psychologist, you need to see a psychologist’.

“In the future I arrived on the Purple Bull manufacturing facility and so they inform me, ‘Hey, there’s a invoice for you’. [It was] £6000 from the psychologist.

“I inform them, ‘Ah, are you able to ship it to Helmut [Marko], he’ll pay it. It was £6000 for one name.

“Then Helmut tells me, ‘Hey, how did it go?’. I informed him, ‘Good, with this session we’re all set’. And that’s how we went on for 3 years.

“Already cured by the psychologist, the outcomes began to come back. Nicely, the decision labored.”

Perez received 5 grands prix in whole for Purple Bull, and managed a better of second within the championship in 2023.

A lacklustre 2024 season, nevertheless, through which he slumped to eighth within the standings, led to him dropping his drive.

“Within the final years, it was a lot that I mentioned, ‘Nicely, possibly I do need assistance, proper? The outcomes aren’t coming’.

“I regarded for it in every single place, however deep down I knew completely effectively that when you will have a automotive the place you’re serious about what’s going to occur, what it is going to do, through which nook you’re going to crash, you’ll be able to’t go quick.

“And on high of that, you will have your complete workforce towards you. Publicly, it was very tough.

“I feel solely somebody very mentally sturdy can face up to one thing like that.”

Perez will return to the F1 grid this 12 months with the brand new Cadillac workforce.