Perez continues to improve: "We all know how good Max is"

Pérez had approached Bottas to half a second when the race was finished. "We were much faster than him. We only had half a lap left," he said at the press conference to the likes of Motorsport-Total.com. His goal for the Austrian Grand Prix is therefore clear. "Definitely the podium, that's the goal."

Perez doesn't think it's good enough yet

By now Pérez has found his feet at Red Bull Racing, although he admits it was harder than expected. What does he think of his own performance at the moment? "Ask me that again in five races," he says with a smile.

"We all know how good Max is," he continues. "But I'm focused on my side so I can get out of the car. It's a completely different world to what I was used to." He sees progress every weekend though, and sees that as just the thing to keep improving. "It's still not enough, I always want more."