Formula 1’s Sergio Perez Visits Dallas Cowboys, Reveals Verstappen’s NFL Skills

• The Red Bull driver visited the facilities of the NFL team Dallas Cowboys
• Sergio Perez met with Cowboys' quarterback Dak Prescott and owner Jerry Jones
• Perez revealed the similarities he finds between NFL, Formula 1

Formula 1 driver Sergio "Checo" Perez visited the Dallas Cowboys facility on Monday and found some similarities between racing and the NFL. He also spoke to the media and revealed which position he would play on the gridiron.

The Redbull driver Perez spoke about how F1 and American Football overlap, but what fans were most interested in, was his and Max Verstappen’s abilities when it comes to the USA’s most popular sport.

Perez, 33, gave a surprising answer when asked about Verstappen’s chances of succeeding in the NFL.

The driver is coming off a poor performance at the Canadian Grand Prix but still took the time to meet Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and owner Jerry Jones prior to the Austrian GP this upcoming weekend.

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The Cowboys shared the Mexican driver's experience at AT&T Stadium via social media. He also met compatriot Isaac Alarcon, the team's defensive tackle.

With Formula 1 on a week’s break, before they head to Austria, the drivers chose to do different things to unwind. For Perez, a visit to the Ford Center in Dallas was on the cards.

Ford will enter into a partnership with Red Bull for F1 engines from 2026 onwards, and Perez visited the Dallas Cowboys for this particular reason.

The Cowboys are one of the most valuable sports teams in the world with a valuation of $5,600,000,000. Perez was in awe of the infrastructure he witnessed at the facilities. He also lauded just how strategically the teams in the NFL approach their games, just like F1 drivers.

Perez reveals Verstappen’s NFL skills

Perez was talking to the Dallas Cowboys TV host Kyle Youmans, in an interview that was posted on their Twitter account.

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There, he spoke about his time in Dallas, and how much he was enjoying behind-the-scenes access into the world-class facilities and the similarities between the NFL and Formula 1.

"There are very similar things in both sports," Perez as quoted by Marca said.

"For example, recovery. We race every 15 days, sometimes every week, between those days the recovery that we need as pilots is long, it is something similar to them; and of course, the level and time they dedicate to the strategy."

However, things got interesting when Youmans asked who the better NFL player would be between Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.

Perez chose a diplomatic approach to tackle this question. He feels that Verstappen would do better in an attacking position. Ricciardo, meanwhile would be better suited to a defensive role.

Youmans then asked Perez how he thinks he would do in the NFL.

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“I’ll be in attacking. I like scoring,” the 33-year-old said. Youmans seemed particularly pleased with this answer. Watching Perez and Verstappen leading the attacking line of the 5-time Superbowl champions is something he would ‘love’ to see.

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