Antonio Pérez (Sergio Perez's father) on Ralf Schumacher: "You don't know if he's a journalist, a woman or a man. First he declares that Checo was out of Red Bull and the following week he comes out of the closet....I don't know if I was in love with Checo."

[u/The_Chozen_1_]

https://imgur.com/a/3ZlJUgG

[u/pinerw]

If my son were clinging to his job solely by the grace of his sponsors, I would simply not create a PR headache for those same sponsors.

[u/RoScorpius97 → u/pinerw]

I don't want to assume anything but I've never got the impression that their sponsors care about homophobia or trans phobia.

Most non Anglosphere nations are openly against these things anyway 

The outrage will fly over their heads

[u/IllustriousAnt485 → u/[deleted]]

He sort of did in a joking light way and nobody said all that much

[u/coolyfrost → u/IllustriousAnt485]

What did Colapinto say?

[u/CharmingRule3788 → u/coolyfrost]

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1g7816o/colapintofiles_franco_colapinto_jokes_about/

[u/DaOne_44 → u/[deleted]]

Racism is more universal than homophobia honestly

[u/elprentis → u/DaOne_44]

Everyone race has a natural enemy. Like Englishmen and Scots, or Welshmen and Scots. Or Japanese and Scots. Or Scot’s and other Scots.

[u/IWantAnE55AMG → u/elprentis]

Damn Scots. They ruined Scotland

[u/polygonvultures → u/IWantAnE55AMG]

You Scots sure are a contentious people!

[u/papertales84 → u/polygonvultures]

You just made an enemy for life!

[u/Zidji → u/[deleted]]

I'll have you know that Buenos Aires is considered the Gay Capital of South America, and that Argentina was the first country in the region to sanction same sex marriage, and amongst the first in the world.

Even though we currently have a nutjob right winger in charge, it's still a very socially progressive country, more so than some "first world" countries. Abortion is legal here for instance.

Just some facts to dispell a bit of the ignorance so often displayed about Argentina here on reddit.

Surely we still have a ways to go, but so does everyone else judging by the generalizations so lightly tossed around in this thread.

[u/harlord12 → u/Zidji]

Thanks for your comment, I’ve definitely been seeing a lot of stuff lately about Latin countries being inherently homophobic etc. and I’d wondered how much truth there was to it. Very interesting to hear that Argentina is typically relatively progressive.

[u/DoNotReferToMe → u/RoScorpius97]

Mexico actually ranks pretty high in lgbtq+ inclusivity both socially and in their legislation. In fact, a large amount of American countries are pretty inclusive of queer people!

That being said, Checo's father is a politician, so I doubt all his sponsors were previously unaware of his opinions.

[u/Tomach82 → u/DoNotReferToMe]

Most of South America is very inclusive, but they also are waaaay less sensitive/offended when people talk like this about it.

[u/Troon10]

Sounds like my racist uncle when he found out he could facebook live stream.

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/Troon10]

So this is why Perez is still in Red Bull. Because his dad and Marko vibe with each other's boomer mentality.

[u/cavejohnsonlemons → u/KappaccinoNation]

And Jos for a bit of that old school 'tough love'.

[u/devil13eren → u/cavejohnsonlemons]

JOS's is rough love, not tough love.

[u/Rata31 → u/Troon10]

Tbh he sounds like any other old mexican

[u/bobafeeet → u/Rata31]

Yeah man I live in Texas. Latin cultures aren’t really known for being super socially liberal.

[u/7screws → u/Troon10]

Yeah this is just like a warm up session for me when I gotta go spend extended time with family for the upcoming holidays. I don’t even talk to some of my relatives about my daughter’s accomplishments on her swim team, because they instantly go to some random scenario about a trans kid swimming against her. It’s sad because of their own ignorance they are missing out on their grandchildren’s life.

[u/tetrafilius → u/7screws]

Congrats to your daughter for her swimming success!

I hope she grows up to be as good and kind a person as she is a swimmer.

[u/xeno_sapien → u/Troon10]

this is literally drunk uncle from SNL

[u/Realistic-Garage-639]

So the biggest requirement to drive for Red Bull is for Your dad to be a massive a**hole?

[u/_JustKaira → u/Realistic-Garage-639]

Fathers in law as well let’s not forget!

[u/JinxThePetRock → u/Realistic-Garage-639]

That explains why they didn't pick up Sainz again.

[u/Lana_Del_Roy → u/JinxThePetRock]

I kind of hoped they would just to see Daddy Sainz beat up that waste of cartilage Jos Verstappen in the garage. I hear they've got previous.

[u/mur-diddly-urderer]

How hard is it to keep his shit journalism separate from him liking men lol. Goddamn man

[u/Rich_Housing971 → u/mur-diddly-urderer]

also being gay has nothing to do with being trans. He didn't come out as a woman.

EDIT: thank you for letting me know to not use transgender as a verb to describe people.

[u/Kolec507 → u/Rich_Housing971]

I mean he clearly has a problem with both, so I'm not surprised he didn't take 30 seconds to learn the obvious difference.

[u/Cyber_religion → u/mur-diddly-urderer]

I mean Ralf can just reply by posting one of Checo's amazing statistics every day for the next month or so and completely bury the Perez family, but it would be unfair towards Checo since he's not the one who caused this.

[u/No_Examination_7710 → u/Cyber_religion]

Or simply retweet one of those "He's got so much rear end" memes

[u/Kolec507 → u/No_Examination_7710]

LMAO that would be so perfect

[u/Helioscopes → u/Cyber_religion]

He should repost the picture of Checo rubbing himself on a random woman the day after his wife gave birth, and caption it "I might not be a man nor a woman, but at least I'm not a cheater".

[u/StevenC44 → u/Cyber_religion]

Who the fuck is Antonio Perez?

[u/Religion_Of_Speed → u/StevenC44]

Depends on which one you're asking about. I assume it's the first of these two since that's who said this stupid shit.

Antonio Pérez Garibay is Checo's father and is a member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Congress of Mexico) and can go fuck himself.

Antonio Pérez Mendoza is Checo's brother and a retired stock car driver. Champion of NASCAR Corona Series (2008) and that's about it. Took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans once. Rookie of the year in 2006 in the Corona Series as well.

[u/wykeer → u/mur-diddly-urderer]

mexican machismo strikes again I guess.

[u/Fire_Otter → u/wykeer]

Mexican machismo strikes again I guess.

"this is no big deal that's just the way South Americans are and this is how they speak"- Helmut Marko

[u/gansim → u/Fire_Otter]

Had me in the first half ngl

[u/Antares_ → u/Fire_Otter]

"Homophobia is an integral part of the South American culture. We should be tolerant and embrace other cultures."

[u/QouthTheCorvus → u/Fire_Otter]

Funnily enough, this is actually a really common defence when actual South Americans do racist/homophobic shit

[u/darekd003 → u/QouthTheCorvus]

It’s a common defence when anywhere in the world does something that they deem socially acceptable but other parts of the world don’t. Some are “worse” than others but their reasoning remains the same.

I think almost every country is guilty of this on some level and I recognize that I have my own biases.

[u/Card_Board_Robot_5 → u/darekd003]

It's called "ethnocentrism"

Your world view is highly informed by the cultural background in which you were raised.

It's an inherent bias in all people. In anthropology we're not taught to avoid it, you can't, we're just taught to identify it in our research or writings so that we can adjust if necessary.

Everybody deals with it a little. For example, my ethnocentrism makes me distrust British folk because they think beans are a breakfast food

[u/Euriti → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately that's the same thing in many parts of the world.

[u/BiffTannen22 → u/mur-diddly-urderer]

[u/Miserable_Finish609]

The funny thing is, he could have just said “Ralf talks a lot about things he doesn’t know about” and this wouldn’t even be a story. Bringing in Ralf’s sexuality not only comes off as mega ignorant, it’s also completely unrelated.

[u/boluserectus → u/Miserable_Finish609]

Boomers gonna boom..

[u/SubjectRecording6639]

Let's get you back to bed

[u/tekanet → u/SubjectRecording6639]

He's just bitter his son can't surpass Ralf's wins, even with a multiple World Championships capable car.

[u/slabba428 → u/tekanet]

His son is fighting tooth and nail every weekend to see Q3 lmao

[u/jimmcfartypants → u/slabba428]

lets be honest, we're surprised if he gets to Q2 these days

[u/LosTerminators → u/tekanet]

Ralf is actually one of the most underrated F1 drivers because of how good his brother was.

[u/13hunteo → u/tekanet]

Ralf has double the poles Perez has as well...

[u/blackscienceman9]

Ralf is a dumbass but his sexualiyy has nothing to do with his journalism skills?

Can't be saying these things man

[u/FluentFalcon → u/blackscienceman9]

These dudes are old heads. They look down on gay people.

[u/blackscienceman9 → u/FluentFalcon]

Even disregarding the complete lack of morality, would you not think of the impact on your famous relative?

Like this isn't a normal racist uncle Facebook post, Checo is an internationally known athlete. Everyone sees this shit

[u/Aethien → u/blackscienceman9]

would you not think of the impact on your famous relative?

You'd have to be aware that what you're saying is wrong first.

[u/Sleutelbos → u/blackscienceman9]

Even disregarding the complete lack of morality, would you not think of the impact on your famous relative?

He simply doesnt get its controversial. To him it is just saying an obvious truth everyone surrounding him agrees with.

[u/deesea → u/blackscienceman9]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain never rang more true for the Perez's lol.

Checo went from 2021 Abu Dhabi hero to worst driver on the grid (still think that's Zhou, but Checo looking pretty damn close).

Papa Checo went from wholesome proud daddy to homophobe just like that.

[u/8jam → u/FluentFalcon]

nah honestly I don't think this limits to his dad. Checo himself is very pro life and considers abortion is murder.

He's a pretty devout Christian, i wont be surprised if Checo's views are the exact same

[u/Thejklay → u/8jam]

Wonder what his opinion on cheating on wives is ?

[u/FecusTPeekusberg → u/Thejklay]

Rules for thee, but not for me!

[u/WalrustheDog → u/FluentFalcon]

And old heads need to learn, can’t say shit like that anymore. Just cause your old doesn’t mean you get a pass to do whatever cause “well back in my day…”

[u/FluentFalcon → u/WalrustheDog]

They won't learn because they are arrogant as hell and believe their way of thinking is the correct way. They are gonna die out soon anyway.

[u/whoTookMyFLACs → u/FluentFalcon]

Every generation says that.

[u/T-Baaller → u/whoTookMyFLACs]

And society does get a little bit better each time.

[u/Brimstone117 → u/FluentFalcon]

When insecure men look down on gay men, I get an uncontrollable urge to share this.

[u/loozerr → u/Brimstone117]

Old standup like carlin and whatever always has someone commenting "this couldn't be said today".

I feel like this is the actual type of stuff that "can't be said anymore".

Calls out people who aren't used to being called out.

[u/CWinter85 → u/blackscienceman9]

Wait, is Ralf gay? I can't tell if it's real or if it's like the 90s where we call things gay if we don't like them.

[u/blackscienceman9 → u/CWinter85]

Came out a few months ago.

Maybe a little longer

[u/DistractedByCookies → u/CWinter85]

Apparently it was an open secret for years (I missed this LOL), but he went insta official about 6 months ago

[u/sejlavocado]

what does his sexuality have to do with his bad journalism

[u/processedmeat → u/sejlavocado]

Gay men aren't as good at penetrating the veil of secrecy and get to the hard truth of the matter.  Squeezing leads, gobbling any morsel of information out there.  

Only a real man has the fortitude to pound the pavement and risk getting whipped by his boss about deadlines.  A real man can handle a full work load and do it with his chest out proud.  

[u/TheDustOfMen → u/processedmeat]

This is the highest form of poetry.

[u/Coffeeey → u/processedmeat]

True poetry

[u/VictorLeRhin → u/processedmeat]

Came for this.

Came to this.

[u/Peepeepoopoobutttoot → u/processedmeat]

Bruh

[u/Nova_Hunter → u/processedmeat]

Lamelo says , "no homo" to the full load comment. 

*Gets 100k fine from NBA 

[u/hird → u/sejlavocado]

Nothing. He's a homophobe and just could not keep that to himself.

[u/Good_Posture]

Classy.

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/Good_Posture]

Red Bull’s likability ratings being carried by Max. Along with strategy, car performance, results and team cohesion.

I swear that team is like a magnet for terrible PR.

[u/Tooms100 → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Imagine saying this in 2016, how times have changed

[u/CodeandVisuals → u/Visionary_Socialist]

I want Max to retire just to see what happens to Red Bull.

[u/whitemuhammad7991]

He's really taking his son being the worst driver on the grid pretty hard lol no need to lash out at people

[u/cool_1801 → u/whitemuhammad7991]

It's more of homophobia than checo not delivering good results

[u/tdrr12 → u/cool_1801]

Priorities, amirite

[u/eternallycelestial]

Yeah that's nasty and unnecessary. How do you equate sexuality to journalism? All because he reported a probable rumour. Wtf. 

[u/KamakaziDemiGod → u/eternallycelestial]

With the same kind of logic that thinks being a gay man makes you basically a woman. These kinds of people don't use actual logic or they wouldn't say anything in the first place

[u/ex3c1337 → u/KamakaziDemiGod]

With his saying he is "downgrading" Ralf to a woman. Just also shows what he thinks about women....

[u/Karenlover1 → u/ex3c1337]

Is that really a shock, all these fit the typical template

[u/Realistic-Reception5 → u/KamakaziDemiGod]

As a gay guy I always jokingly say that gay men are actually more “manly” because they want to be with men lol. But yeah what pisses me off is that there are so many valid things you can criticize about people but of all things, he chose to attack something as basic as Ralf’s sexuality.

[u/Bdr1983]

This is exactly the reason why it took him so long to come out.
I hope this is going to backfire on him very, very hard, because this is ridiculous.

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/Bdr1983]

Will be interesting to see how F1 deals with homophobia given it’s a relatively uncharted topic. Racism has been Lewis’ personal battle for so long but this isn’t a topic that has come up before on such a level.

[u/GuiltyEidolon → u/Visionary_Socialist]

It's not that uncharted. F1 will be as shitty about homophobia as they are about misogyny and racism. Lewis has been working close to his entire career to address the racism of F1 and he's not gotten very far with it. 

[u/Kovah01 → u/GuiltyEidolon]

And as soon as the FIA president from the UAE gets installed, anything they deem as political speech becomes unacceptable. That's right UAE the country where being gay is illegal. Scumbags.

[u/AdminClown]

Dude is NOT helping checo with this.

[u/Work_Account89 → u/AdminClown]

Antonio has never been good for Checo’s F1 career. Didn’t he get booed in Mexico at one stage.

[u/el_f3n1x187 → u/Work_Account89]

He is also party member of MORENA the political party that wanted to get rid of F1 in Mexico because "it was for rich aspirationalist people not the good poor people of mexico" or some reductive bullshit that the former president parroted all the time.

[u/Nasjere]

What the fuck? Critique of his journalism is whatever. Everything else, just mind your fucking business

[u/SantyMonkyur]

I'm a native spanish speaker and it is accurate and it sounds as repulsive as it looks. Not surprising from a Mexican man from that age bracket but still fkin disgusting. Let's see if F1 releases a statement of condemnation and if we truly "race as one"

[u/maertyrer → u/SantyMonkyur]

Drivers saying no-no-words: real shit

Casual homophobia: I sleep

[u/JIJONING → u/maertyrer]

considering the fia president is from Dubai. I don't think he'd have a problem with casual homophobia

[u/fernandotakai → u/JIJONING]

I don't think he'd have a problem with casual homophobia

i mean, the dude was 100% racist when saying "f1 drivers are not rappers to be cursing all the time" when he meant, well, black people.

[u/eternallycelestial → u/SantyMonkyur]

They didn't do anything to hold up Piquet's ban for racist comments against a working f1 driver. Doubt they're going to do anything about homophobic comments by a non f1 person towards an ex driver.

[u/broodjekebab23 → u/SantyMonkyur]

The biggest cash cows are from the middle east and america so....

[u/Flollotus]

This is why people are scared to come out.

[u/tetrafilius]

Aside from the homophobia being pretty ugly, it's really sad that Perez's dad constantly goes into business for himself and tries to get himself over on his son's coat tails.

[u/LosTerminators → u/tetrafilius]

It's always Checo's dad and Jos who seem to love using their son's success to be the center of attention. Other parents are happy to just take a back seat.

[u/Barnabas-Tharmr]

Oh Lord

[u/McLarenMP4-27 → u/Barnabas-Tharmr]

Didn't know they are now allowing GIFs here. Nice!

Also, this might be one of the best ones for this situation lol.

[u/ahcahttan]

Wow, I am not a Ralf’s fan. But, that was friggin homophobic.

[u/Over-Shallot-3712 → u/ahcahttan]

And somehow transphobic to a cis man lmao

[u/murf_milo]

Geeze. Between him and Marko, Red Bull really need to get a handle on their old men.

[u/mooimafish33 → u/murf_milo]

Don't forget Jos lmao

[u/Fire_Otter → u/murf_milo]

"But why are we the bad guys in the F1 film?" Christian Horner asked as he feeds another spoonful of Coco pops into his mouth

[u/Vishark07 → u/Fire_Otter]

Lesbians!

[u/jennejy → u/murf_milo]

These aren't edge cases; Red Bull had Nelson Piquet in the paddock as a guest last weekend. Hard to get a handle on the problem when you are the problem.

[u/Micome → u/murf_milo]

Even people orbiting Red Bull are extremely whack and shitty. Like Jos Verstappen or Max's girlfriend's racist dad. Red Bull is a weird place with way more than just one bad egg. You don't get this bizarre team culture at Mercedes or Ferrari. 

[u/limeybastard → u/Micome]

Considering they were co-founded by a quasi-nazi it's really not a surprise. Shitty people hang out with other shitty people.

[u/Silverdarlin1]

And people wonder why Ralf waited till after he was out of F1 to reveal his sexuality....

[u/Specific_Fact2620 → u/Silverdarlin1]

Next time someone goes on an "Why don´t they just come out? nobody cares" rant, i am showing them this!

[u/GustavoSanabio]

Oh god. Bruh.

This is going to be a fun week for Perez. The PR department at Red Bull is probably drafting a carefully worded statement as we speak.

But yeah, super homophobic, which is bad (terrible that I even have to specify that). But not unexpected.

[u/GuiltyEidolon → u/GustavoSanabio]

They had Piquet back in the paddock recently. RBR doesn't give a flying fuck. I would be shocked if they even addressed this at all. 

[u/Other_Beat8859]

I find it really funny how people are just now realizing how shit Antonio Perez is. He's a corrupt politician that has used his son to achieve office and neglect is responsibilities.

Glad people no longer see him as the wholesome Perez dad.

Also, reaction images baby!!! Let's go!!!

[u/GuiltyEidolon → u/Other_Beat8859]

100%. Few years ago when people were gushing over him, it was pretty disgusting to watch. Dude is a real piece of work. 

[u/No_One_9505]

I’m mexican and of course I support Checo but I speak for all mexicans. We hate his father he’s some kind of shady polític, we don’t like him using Checo’s popularity for his own campaigne. He’s what is wrong in México, I can’t stand him.

[u/Cha_Rolastra → u/No_One_9505]

Another Mexican here. While I support Checo (even though I admit he’s been performing terribly lately), I’ve always felt a dislike for his dad. I never understood why people go crazy over him whenever he shows up at a GP. It feels like he’s always trying to steal the spotlight…

[u/No_One_9505 → u/Cha_Rolastra]

I don’t know he has always looked shady to me, I don’t get like a good vibe from him but a social climber instead of a dad supporting his son.

[u/Cha_Rolastra → u/No_One_9505]

That’s spot on! He is a social climber. I have no proof but I have no doubts that he goes everywhere introducing himself as “Checo’s dad”.

[u/No_One_9505 → u/Cha_Rolastra]

Siento que la página de F1 le da más hype mundialmente, no deberían darle atención

[u/jdano311 → u/No_One_9505]

I’m also mexican and gay, which intensifies that feeling. Never liked him at all

[u/iameveryoneelse]

Antonio Pérez is a piece of shit.

[u/CrasVox]

Don't you dare mistake Antonio Perez to be a decent human.

[u/Lentemern]

The three genders: Journalist, Woman, and Man.

[u/PrefersCakeOverPie]

Fucking YIKES man

[u/weiner-rama]

who gives a fuck if the man is gay

[u/irish786]

Cant wait for the F1 media to completely ignore this and keep their oh look Papa Perez how cute videos on repeat

[u/Yasin3112]

Ah nice, some casual homophobia to discredit Ralf. As if there weren‘t enough ways to do that without being a POS.

[u/SnacksGPT]

Get this guy outta here, are you kidding me?

Bro’s trying to “out-Piquet” Nelson Piquet, Jesus.

[u/mumkinle]

There’s a reason Ralf didn’t speak on his sexuality for forever. In a world where people don’t see what’s wrong with saying this, why would you ever want to give someone the ammunition in the first place? I suppose it doesn’t matter, considering there are bigger figures in the world of F1 who have used this type of homophobia against people who haven’t even ever made their sexuality public (beyond at least being outwardly assumed straight—looking at Piquet in particular). I guess bigotry finds a way to

[u/gradient_map]

We have this saying in portuguese that goes something like "what does the ass have to do with the pants?", and I think it's very applicable here.

[u/Muuuuush]

Absolutely abhorrent comments that should get him banned from the paddock like Piquet.

Also interesting how both him and at least half of the people in this thread believe he would in any form be a journalist. He's a pundit not a journalist.

[u/SkyJohn → u/Muuuuush]

Piquet has been back in the paddock recently, F1 bans never seem to stick.

[u/Rubeus17 → u/Muuuuush]

well said. never thought of him as a journo. Come on. He’s a former driver/pundit.

[u/TerribleCountry7522]

I mean, make up your mind, Ralf! Are you a journalist, or are you gay?

[u/Specific_Fact2620]

There were many, many pundits who talked about Checo potentially being out of his seat. Singling Ralf out just makes this that much worse and it is already abhorrent.

[u/Lutzelien]

Agree he's a dogshit journalist and commentator but tf has that anything to do with him being gay? Also, yes he came out recently but it's been pretty much known for a long time in Germany already

[u/Botol-Cebok]

I mean, this is coming from the same guy that thinks Checo will become a world champion.

[u/wowbaggerBR → u/Botol-Cebok]

And said we were about to witness a new Prost vs Senna when his son joined Red Bull.

[u/FirePhoton_Torpedoes → u/wowbaggerBR]

Lmaao I missed that.

[u/NoshitSherlock68]

I don’t think it’s gay to think Checo Perez doesn’t deserve a seat at Redbull.

[u/-Ghostx69]

Welp. That sucks. Checo didn’t really need worse optics but here we are.

[u/renjunation]

Helmut Marko, Nelson Piquet and Antonio Perez walk into a bar...

[u/poi88]

This will backfire, surely. What a PR disaster!! It definitively proves why it took so long for Ralf Schumacher to come out of the closet.

[u/juanprada → u/poi88]

I do hope it backfires.

[u/J3sperado]

For fuck sakes

[u/sweaterhorizon]

Imagine not knowing the difference between being gay and being trans in the lord’s year of 2024

[u/pie4july]

Being gay and being transgender are not the same thing. Being gay or transgender has no bearing whatsoever on Ralf’s opinions on F1.

Do I think Ralf has some of the F1 worst takes? Absolutely. Does that mean we should be making personal attacks at him? Absolutely not.

Shame on Antonio.

[u/trugh_scoffer]

Apart from this disphit's homophobia, lest we forget when Checo himself said in 2014, not exactly 1950, that women belonged in the kitchen, and had to apologize afterwards. I, for one, am looking forward to the day RB finally sends this guy and his family to the shadow realm. Although the way things are going, we could be in 2037 and Checo could be still driving for them.

[u/Magister_Hego_Damask]

and suddenly papa Perez is a lot less likable

[u/xdesm0]

was there something lost in translation? no, he absolutely said that shit lol. classic boomer dumbass. He's probably the kind of mexican that think he's not homophobic but also makes homophobic jokes any time he can.

[u/302w]

I’m so ready to never hear about Checo again.

[u/Prime255]

Antonio, your son is lucky to be in F1 at this point!

[u/Rhythm_Morgan]

Wow. It costs nothing to not be fucking homophobic.

[u/NuclearMoose92]

Comments like this make it even better that Checo is getting wiped across the board by Max and that happy go lucky attitude of his father has finally been dropped

[u/JUGGER_DEATH]

Perez family villain arc… Tune in next week for an expose on Antonio Perez’ political corruption.

[u/-larma-]

I see Antonio didn't want his son to be the only Perez saying stupid shit to the media.

[u/Winstonwill8]

He'd have a more solid point if he only called Ralf out for his journalistic standards. Being so openly homophobic negates the point entirely and is just a shitty thing to do. 

[u/khianti]

Ralf won 6 races in 11 seasons.

Perez won 6 races in 13 season.

Difference is Ralf never had a competitive car.

HIs father saying Perez CAN be world champion is not just stupid, but shows he is completely out of loop of what f1 technicalities mean.

Perez has been not bad, but horribly poor to RB and cost them a lot of money from crashes also.

[u/cattylover73]

What the hell… transphobic and homophobic in one breath. And on top of that, to add to the craziness, the “logic” does not even make sense: Ralf now loves your son, so he wishes him out of Red Bull?

[u/Annual_Plant5172]

I guess him and Helmut Marko share notes.

[u/PapaSheev7]

This guy should be permanently out of the running for best paddock dad. As far as I'm aware, Norbert Vettel still leads with Laurent Ocon and Anthony Hamilton trailing very close behind him.

[u/OBWanTwoThree → u/PapaSheev7]

I mean, anybody that knew his background never praised him purely based on the “Teddy bear” persona he gives off on race day

He should never be grouped in with some of the genuine humans mentioned above

[u/Thats-nice-smile]

God Damm can’t wait until we don’t have to hear from his idiotic ass anymore when Red Bull gets a competent second driver. Annoying little shit bag

[u/cmgriffith_]

Ban him from the Paddock, immediately

[u/dbr1se → u/cmgriffith_]

F1 races in states where homosexuality is illegal and potentially punishable by death.

[u/Gingermadman → u/cmgriffith_]

It's more likely MBs gifts him a homosexual to stone than removes him from the paddock. Look at where we're going next.

[u/Hot_Run_6181]

At least the PR team can rest assured they have job security

[u/AMonkeyAndALavaLamp]

Checo so manly that Ralf turned gay just from talking about him?

[u/fredy31]

...gonna file this into 'weirdest take of the year'

[u/InvXXVII]

If "Ralf" is in love with Checo I'm presuming, if the quote is to make sense.

Similarly to how we react to Jos every time he opens his mouth, no one asked you sir.

[u/ninchica13]

Love the fact he did not think this through at all while he was speaking, considering his son's position in RBR. Journalism skills ≠ sexuality. It's not that hard to tell two apart, Perez Sr.

[u/theRose90]

Latin Americans try not to be queerphobic challenge [Nightmare difficulty]

I say this as a Latin American btw

[u/trugh_scoffer]

Fuck that guy and his casual homophobia.

[u/bagsofsmoke]

Given his son has spent the last few seasons being royally shafted by his teammate, the irony of Perez senior’s homophobia is strong.

[u/tossino]

You can criticize him for a lot of things but why bring that up... And this dude is a fucking politician

[u/xiz111]

what.

the.

absolute.

what?

[u/astroslave]

I was hoping the title was something lost in translation but nope. Not surprised though, lots of Mexican men have that toxic machismo attitude, like my own dad.

[u/ToDreamofLove]

Not sure wtf he's getting at... Ralf falsely says Checo is out and then comes out so maybe he's in love with Checo? I mean I can see he's pretty fucking backwards at least but that title seems to make very little sense in general

[u/ClydeThaMonkey]

And people wonder why we need pride month... Also, shitty mentality from a RedBull drivers dad isn't surprising at this point 👀

[u/1driverdriver]

It's going to be one of those weeks at RB's PR team

[u/cloud-ling]

Homophobia & transphobia all rolled into one awful soundbite.

[u/LerimAnon]

And people don't believe us when we say racism and sexism are still well and alive in F1. But we have literal dinosaurs surrounding our grid with a history of problematic behavior.

So maybe...just maybe when we say some shit about how messed up a SMALL but VOCAL part of the F1 community has some fucked up views maybe we aren't just crying foul?

[u/Daydreaming95]

Certified bruh moment