F1 star’s dad suffered pre-heart attack moments after watching son’s terrifying crash

The begetter of Sergio Perez was rushed to infirmary soon aft suffering a pre-heart onslaught aft watching the Formula One driver’s immense clang successful Baku.

Perez, wide known arsenic Checo, was warring for a podium decorativeness astatine past Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix erstwhile helium collided with Carlos Sainz connected the penultimate lap.

The merest of interaction betwixt the Red Bull and Ferrari sent some cars into the partition astatine high-speed and retired of the race, with the expansive prix finishing nether the information car owed to the debris connected the track.

Thankfully some drivers were unharmed, but the clang appeared to origin Checo’s begetter Antonio Perez Garibay to person a aesculapian emergency.

The 65-year-old was recovered unconscious astatine his location successful Mexico City connected the Sunday, reportedly conscionable aft the expansive prix had finished, and was rushed to hospital.

A connection from the erstwhile politician’s property office read connected Tuesday: ‘Perez Garibay was recovered unconscious successful the bath of his Mexico City home, wherever paramedics attended to supply contiguous aesculapian attention.

‘He was rushed to a infirmary successful the capital, wherever helium is presently nether aesculapian reflection and successful unchangeable condition. We convey you for your expressions of enactment and affection.’

In a further update, Perez Garibay’s racing organisation, Scuderia Perez, said: ‘Mr. Perez Garibay is unchangeable but remains successful intensive attraction nether changeless aesculapian review, focusing chiefly connected his bosom and different captious organs.

‘The specialists successful complaint person indicated that his information continues to beryllium intimately monitored.’

It is said helium suffered a pre-infarction, a information associated with thorax symptom that tin hap earlier a bosom attack.

Perez Garibay has since been pictured successful infirmary and himself suggested that Checo’s clang whitethorn person played a part, telling Mexican publication Medio Tiempo: ‘Everything happened aft the accident.

‘The daze of the mishap whitethorn person caused it. They are already checking my bosom to spot wherefore I fainted.‘

While Perez Garibay continues to recover, Checo has arrived successful Singapore for the adjacent circular of the F1 title this weekend.

The Mexican has endured a pugnacious clip this play and his DNF successful Baku combined with Oscar Piastri’s triumph has allowed McLaren to leapfrog Red Bull and pb the constructors’ standings for the archetypal clip successful implicit a decade.

With 7 races to spell successful 2024, Checo’s teammate Max Verstappen leads the different McLaren of Lando Norris successful the drivers’ standings by 59 points.

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