The driver of the Red Bull Formula 1 team, Checo Pérez, visited the facilities of the Dallas Cowboys NFL team, located in Frisco, Texas, where he met another Mexican, Isaac Alarcón.
“I’m really impressed with the facilities. The level of detail and strategy involved in this game is impressive. I always thought it was more training on the physical side, but I had never seen anything like it; It is incredible,” commented Checo Pérez, who is second in the standings for the 2023 Formula 1 season.
The Jalisco native was received at the Ford Center at The Star by his compatriot, Cowboys defensive lineman Isaac Alarcón, who led him on the tour that included a visit to the locker room, gym, coaches’ offices and the room where he met. find the five Vince Lombardi trophies and Super Bowl rings the team has won.
“There are very similar things in both sports. 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,” said the Mexican pilot.
Isaac Alarcón will seek to be on the Cowboys’ 53-player roster
Isaac Alarcón, who will seek for the first time in four years to be part of the 53-player squad to compete in the 2023 NFL season that will start next September, explained to Checo Pérez the strength that the line of which he is a part represents for Dallas.
“Right now the Cowboys are the best defensive team in the entire NFL. We are the one that sends the most pressure in the league. If a normal team sends around 100, we send 160; I will be part of that,” said Isaac Alarcón.
The Red Bull Racing driver’s visit was thanks to the partnership that exists between the Dallas Cowboys and Ford Performance, one of the franchise’s oldest partners; It happened as part of promotional activities for Ford, which will return to the Formula 1 grid with Red Bull in 2026.
“It’s great to have such a historic brand; I am very happy to have you with me. I see how they are preparing for 2026, which is when they will finally be on board, back in Formula 1. I am already looking forward to that moment,” he concluded.