The bodyguard 🍸was injured during the incident which occurred in th🌜e Ladrón de Guevara neighbourhood in the municipality of Perez’s home town Guadalajara on Saturday.

Local media initially reported the attempted car theft and Perez confirmed after qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix tꦦhat the situation is “thankfully” now under control.

Perez said the security guard is recovering well in hospital following the unsuccessful attempt to steal one of the cars belonging𝓰 to his security.&ℱnbsp;

“Thꦺey hurt one of my security guys with one shot,” said Perez. “They basically tried to rob the car.

“Nothing else going on, he’s in good condition. And the police got the 🧜robbers.”

Perez also revealed that his family are safe and were not involved in the incid🌠ent.

The Mexican qualified ninth for Sunday’s race during an incident-f💟illed q🧸ualifying session in Monaco, while Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen will start from second on the grid.

"Iܫt was a disaster," Perez said of hi💛s qualifying session. "We changed our approach, we were making good progress through qualifying, Q2 we did a good step.

"But꧒ the t😼rack was cooling down and we changed our approach into Q3 run one, which I had no front end at all, the tyres were very cold, then the second attempt the lap was going well until I hit a lot of traffic and basically lost a lot of lap time going through them.

"It’s Monaco and we know ಞthat it is not possible to make a lot of ground around this place, so hopefully we are a🐼ble to do it, strategy wise and so on it is very very difficult. We’ll see what we are able to do."