Perez ecstatic with podium finish in Austria: 'I'm really happy'

"Yeah man, I'm really happy you know, it's been a very difficult week for me personally," he said before adding: "Physically I have been really weak, I was sick on Thursday so it hasn't been an easy weekend. [I've had a] high fever and no sleep during the weekend, so [it was] great recovery from the team and a fantastic strategy, we have great pace."

When questioned about his continuous battle with Carlos Sainz around the Red Bull Ring, the Mexican sang his praises, saying: "Yeah it was very hard but fair, like you said, always a pleasure to race them. The Ferrari were very strong, especially in the low-speed corners, they were having very good traction, but it's a good comeback."

To finish Perez looked ahead to Silverstone and shared his thoughts, "it's been a bit of a rough patch for me so now hopefully we are back and we can keep that consistency now."