Perez was awarded the official ‘Driver of the Day’ award after recovering to finish third following his lowl🍎y ninth-place grid start.

Despite running in the dominant RB19, Perez was unable to overtake Norris in the closing laps, coming under pressure from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

During his interview with Sky, Norris realised that Perez had been named driver of the꧂ day - something he quick📖ly questioned.

Norris said: “He got driver ༒of the day? What the hell.”

The interviewer replied: "You🍎 need to work harder..."

Norris quipped: "I need a quicker car!"

It was a great day for Norris, who secured back-to-back podiums for the f🌜irst time in his F1 career.

The 23-year-old admitted𝔉 he thought Perez would get him after he was told about the Mexican’s rapid pace after the final round of stop🧜s.

“There was a moment when they told me Checo did a 22.3 and I did a 23.2. I was like, 'hmm, OK. Game over',” he said. “Then I 💮had traffic and it made my life tough.&nb💞sp;

“Degradation was tricky today. The tyres felt like they held in well, then they dropped off and came back to you. The stints were all over the plac🐈e depending on where you were 🌼in the stint.

“But at the end of the race the tyres came back to me a bit and I managed to maintain the gap to Checo. So, stressful. 🐻Even i🐻n the middle of the race I was like 'I want to chill for a bit'.

“In the ba🔯ck of my head I knew Perez is in a Red Bull and you see Max pulling away.

“A lot of it is tyre degradation. It's not necessaril𒁏y they are way quicker over one lap, it's just there degradation. You need to make sure you are good at the end of the stints in case he catches me and to be able to race and put up a fight. It's a challenge to know how much to push and save.”