Sergio Perez says he is “very close to committing” to Force India for 2015

Sergio Perez says he is “very close to committing” to Force India for 2015, but admits anything could happen until the deal is signed.

Ahead of the previous race at Monza, the Mexican said he was keen to remain at the Silverstone-based team and establish himself after driving for three outfits in as many seasons and it seems a deal is moving closer.

“I think we should be very close to committing to next year with the team, but you never know and I have experience in the past so you never know what is going to happen,” Perez said in the FIA Press Conference in Singapore.

Force India, who have never finished higher than sixth in the standings in their current guise, currently trail McLaren by just one point in the fight for fifth in the Constructors’ Championship and Perez feels they can edge ahead of his former team this weekend.

“We are really optimistic for this weekend, we have a good upgrade package and definitely our target is the McLarens which we are fighting really close and hopefully we can score more points than them this weekend with both cars and hopefully the upgrade package will give us some boost,” he added.

Perez has traditionally performed well at the Marina Bay Street Circuit scoring points on all three of his previous visits.

The 2014 Singapore GP is live only on Sky Sports F1 this weekend, with our coverage beginning with Practice from 10.45am on Friday.