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Perez is being replaced at Canadian-owned
Racing Point, who will race as the Aston Martin team next
season, by four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel whose
Ferrari contract ends this year.
The Mexican has yet to secure another seat, with Red Bull his
only remaining hope if they decide not to retain Thai racer
Alexander Albon.
Speaking to Spanish-speaking reporters in a video news
conference after the Bahrain Grand Prix, Perez said no other
series appealed to him as much.
"I have options already to return to Formula One in 2022, so it
would not be a problem," he said of the prospect of a
sabbatical.
The cars are staying largely the same next year before major
change in 2022.
Perez said there was a chance of carrying out a reserve role
next season with a top team but he did not want to be away from
home for a whole season -- and next year has a record 23 rounds
scheduled -- without racing.
Perez has scored the bulk of his team's points this season, with
100 to his credit -- despite missing two races due to testing
positive for COVID-19 -- compared to team mate Lance Stroll's
59. Stroll is the son of team owner Lawrence.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Christian Radnedge)
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