Sergio Perez has the Formula One chance of a lifetime with Red Bull this season and the Mexican intends to seize it with both hands.
Only months ago it looked like the 31-year-old had run out of options after missing two races due to COVID-19 and being left without a seat when Racing Point (now Aston Martin) signed four times world champion Sebastian Vettel for 2021.
Perez talked of taking a year out but in December he went from last to first at Bahrain's Sakhir circuit, a winner after 190 starts and Mexico's first in 50 years, and everything changed.