Perez ran Lewis Hamilton close for second place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodr🐼i༒guez after pressuring the seven-time champion in the closing phase of the race.

It was Perez’s first podium finish on home s𓄧oil and Red Bull’s 1-3 finish has allowed it to close to just one point behind Mercedes in the constructors’ championshiﷺp.

He d꧋escribed his po🌺dium finish as “very special” but admitted that he wanted more from the race.

“Yeah definitely, podium at home grand pr♏ix is very special,” Perez said after🤪 the race.

“I wanted more, wanted to win the race, finish 1-2 for the team would have been amazin♉g.

“But at the end of the day we are so competitive persons if we finish third we don’t enjoy it but today is one of those days where I must enjoy because the crowd, just seeing so many people so happy, and especially🌺 on the podium pretty much everyone who has been with me since day one was there so that was special for me.”

Perez got within the one-second DRS window of Hamilton on multiple occasions in the final laps but couldn’t get clo🐓se enough to make a move.

Reflecting on the fight with Hamilton, he added: “It was🐻 really close, there was a lap where it was so critical to do the undercut, they pitted that lap so weﷺ did the opposite and we went long. It was a bit tricky with the lapped cars as well, I reckon we all lost some time there.

“It was close, I didn’t have a cꦬhance, overtaking here is really difficult, given their straight line speed, really strong on that. I didn’t have the chance, so a bit of a shame, as I think we had the pace to finish 1-2 today.”