has criticised his father, Antonio Perez Garibay, after homophobic feedback made in the direction of former driver .
Sky Germany pundit Schumacher, who he was in a same-sex relationship in July, had insisted that Perez gained’t drive a “single metre” for subsequent yr, as hypothesis in regards to the Mexican’s future within the sport.
But Perez’s father Antonio, 65, responded to these remarks by making gentle of Schumacher’s determination to come back out as homosexual earlier this yr.
“There’s a driver who was a Components 1 driver, [turned] journalist,” Perez Garibay instructed ESPN, referring to Schumacher. “He first acknowledged that Checo [Perez] was already out of Purple Bull.
“The next week, he [Schumacher] got here out of the closet. I don’t know if he was in love with Checo. Do you perceive it?
“There are numerous unusual issues. You not know if he’s a journalist, a girl, a gentleman.
“However his opinion doesn’t matter, not due to Checo Perez, however due to what his [ex-]spouse mentioned about him.”
When requested for his response about his father’s feedback on media day on the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Purple Bull driver Perez mentioned: “Initially, I don’t agree with any of his feedback. I feel he did a mistake in that regard.
“I don’t share any of his views however on the similar time I don’t management what my father has to say, I can solely management what I say.
“It’s necessary as a sport to at all times present that no matter occurs on observe it at all times stays on observe. That’s the best way I see it and we must always at all times be an instance for the remainder of the world.”
In the meantime, Schumacher, the brother of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, posted a response to Perez Garibay’s remarks on Instagram.
“I might additionally stand behind my son 100 per cent and attempt to assist,” wrote Schumacher.
“That’s what you do as a father. So far as model is anxious, I might be totally different however we all know Mr Perez with all his feelings.
“That’s why I’m not indignant with him. Nonetheless, I feel that outcomes on the observe can be the higher arguments.”
Perez is eighth within the whereas teammate Max Verstappen is first and on the cusp of a fourth-straight world championship.
Liam Lawson and Franco Colapinto have been linked with changing Perez at Purple Bull in 2025.
