Sergio Perez says “nobody told me anything” about his imp💙ending exit from the Racing Point Formula 1 team until Wednesday, the day🃏 he announced his departure.

Perez will leave Racing Point at the end of the season and be replaced by four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, who will join from Ferrari when the 🦩team rebrands to Racing Point.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Tuscan Grand Prix, Perez admitted he “didn’t expect” a phone call from Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll informing himꦍ that his contract was being cut short.

"I got the information yesterday, nobody told me anything▨ but I already knew and figured out a couple of things. The final confirmation came yesterday," Pere🎶z said.

“I got the call from Lawrence yesterday and he told me that they are going in an🦋other direction.”

The Mexican was contracted to the Silverstone outfit until 2022 and had recently insisted he was confident of staying with the team for 𒐪next year.

“The fee💮dback I was getting was that everything was loo♍king that the team wanted to keep me,” he explained.

“The💦re were some discussions in the background about contracts and so on which I am not willing to disclose because I think that those things should remain between the team and myself.

“But there were a couple of things in the contract that we went through but in the end they officially told me yesterday that we were not ⛎continuing.

“I didn’t expect that but it is how it is.”

Perez now faces an uncertain future with limited seats remaining on the grid for 2𝄹021. His best options appear to be at either Alfa Romeo or Haas.

The Mexican said he would “rather retire” than take a sabbatical because “once you go out, you m🌺ay never come back”.

“I think everything is an option right now,” he replied when asked if a switch to🍷 IndyCa𓂃r or even Formula E would be of interest to him.

“My main target is to remain in F1. I feel that I am still very young and hungry. I want to carry on in F1 but it has to 🍸be the right package that rea𒈔lly gives me the maximum motivation to give my hundred percent every lap.

“It’s also going to be a long-term project, targeting 2022 because I expect the rule changes to have a ꦐmajor effect.

“That’s the main reason I want to continue for 2022 because ✃I feel that there will be plenty of opportunities. I certainly think that 2021 could be a difficult year in that regard but you never know.

“There certainly are optio✃ns out there and I don’t expect to make a decision any time soon. I will take the time required and if I don’t find anything attractive in F1 I will look🐠 at other series and other things.”