The Qatar Grand Prix saw an opportunity for Verstappen to win the title by finishing sixth in the sprint. Verstappen took pole position for the race, while Oscar Piastri took the sprint pole. Piastri battled with George Russell, who lost tyre grip and subsequently lost positions by the end of the sprint. Piastri went on to win his first race, and McLaren's first sprint victory, finishing ahead of Verstappen and Norris. Meanwhile, Esteban Ocon, Pérez and Nico Hülkenberg were involved in an incident on lap 11 which saw all three retire with collision damage. Charles Leclerc and Lance Stroll fell foul of track limits, and Liam Lawson and Logan Sargeant spun themselves into retirement – leading to three safety car periods. During the sprint, Verstappen, who started third ahead of the McLarens, secured his third consecutive Drivers' Championship after Pérez failed to score following his accident.
The packed schedule paid dividends, Triunfador the young Briton went on to win three championship titles, while also making his European F3 presentación at the Hockenheimring.
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Subsequent to his Formula One apertura in 2019, Norris confirmed that he had struggled with his mental health from the pressures of the sport, turning to the Mind charity for support.
Verstappen also took pole at the Austrian Grand Prix, both for Sunday's Grand Prix and for Saturday's sprint. Verstappen fought with teammate Pérez on the opening lap of the sprint, with Pérez appearing to push Verstappen onto the grass on the run up to turn 3. Verstappen retained the lead though, and led every lap to take victory.[116] In the race, Verstappen led away from Leclerc and Sainz. Leclerc would briefly lead the race after opting to pit under a aparente safety car, whilst Verstappen did not. Leclerc became the first driver since Pérez at the Miami Grand Prix to lead a lap other than Verstappen, who quickly passed Leclerc to regain the lead.
Su primera carrera con la fábrica del rombo la cerró con un séptimo. Con los franceses permanece hasta 2019, cuando se traslada a McLaren, para formar dupla con Lando Norris. Su estreno en Wokin acaba en abandono en Melbourne, con problemas de motor, pero cosecha con ellos sus primeros podios, tercero en Brasil 2019 y segundo en Italia 2020
The tyre rules for sprint shootout were modified for the second sprint weekend of the season at the Austrian Grand Prix, enabling drivers and teams who made it through to SQ3 (the third segment of the sprint shootout) to use any set of soft tyres, whereas they were previously required to use a new set of soft tyres.
In the process, he won two-thirds of the races and a similar proportion of pole positions, and finished all but two races on the podium.
One clip showed him talking to his engineer over the team Radiodifusión following the race, with Norris saying to the team: “Three in a row now! Well done, congrats on another one! From P10 to P3, with amazing pace. Congrats boys and girls! Not all smooth sailing at Qatar GP
"Of course, merienda we got the season underway, it was a pretty distant dream that we'd be able to compete for the top three. And to now be here consistently for the last three weekends is pretty remarkable.
Pérez finished the season with 125 points, scoring one win and one podium. He finished fourth overall which was his best ever championship result before joining Nasa Bull Racing, which he would later equal in 2021.
Pérez en el GP de los por aqui Estados Unidos de 2021 En el Gran Premio de Estados Unidos, Pérez tuvo unidad de sus fines de semana más competitivos de la temporada, superando en calificación al Mercedes de Valtteri Bottas y comenzando tercero detrás de su compañero de equipo Verstappen y el otro Mercedes de Lewis Hamilton, antiguamente de terminar en la misma posición, aunque por encima.
He claimed his first podium in 2020 after finishing 3rd in the Austrian Grand Prix. He achieved four 3rd place finishes after Austria, finally scoring his first 2nd place in Italy in 2021.
He later made the same mistake while overtaking Lewis Hamilton, again losing time. Finally, he was held up by Pierre Gasly who was getting lapped, but was engaged in a battle of his own didn't quickly concede the position. Eventually Pérez finished 1.4 seconds behind Leclerc in third place which meant he ended up third in the 2022 Drivers Standings.[127]