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The Monaco Grand Prix was another great race for Red Bull.

Sergio ‘Checo’ Perez took the chequered flag, while teammate Max Verstappen came in third, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. sandwiched between them.

Verstappen still leads the 2022 driver standings with Charles Leclerc in second, and Red Bull has pulled further clear of Ferrari in the constructor standings.

In a recent interview, Perez, who was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, told Rolling Stone what he listens to before a race in order to get in the zone.

He admits that his music “is not what average people listen to to get pumped up, but it’s what I listen to to get in my zone, calm and focused”.

They’re your beats – no need to explain:

Among his favorite artists: “I would say Luis Miguel, Alejandro Fernandez, [the Colombian band] Morat, Carlos Rivera and Diego Torres,” he shares. “Mostly Spanish-speaking songs that connect me to my roots.”

…Perez says he’s also a huge music fan, sharing a memory about meeting one of his favorite artists a few years ago. “It was very cool to meet Enrique Iglesias some years ago in very funny circumstances,” Checo recalls. “As a worldwide music star, he plays very often at F1 Grand Prix events and one of the years, I think it was back in 2016 in Baku, I contacted his management team and invited him over to my garage to watch the race from there. And surprisingly for me,” Perez continues, “he replied that he had never been invited to an F1 garage before. So he came on race day, I showed him my car, and since then, we’ve become good friends.”

That day, Perez finished on the podium and now he reckons Iglesias is a bit of a good luck charm.

Let’s work our way through those musicians he mentioned, starting with Luis Miguel:

Alejandro Fernández:

Morat:

Carlos Rivera:

Diego Torres:

Whatever it takes to get those engines revving, Sergio.

It feels right to end with his pal Enrique being a hero:

[source:rollingstone]