Pierre Gasly's drive to fourth at the Bahrain Grand Prix was a coming-of-age moment for the Frenchman, reckons Red Bull motorsport chief Helmut Marko.
Gasly was the star of the weekend in Sakhir, qualifying fifth and finishing fourth to secure Toro Rosso's first points of the new campaign. It also marked engine supplier Honda's best result since returning to the grid in 2015.
The performance impressed the man who guided the 2016 GP2 champion through the Red Bull junior ranks and into F1.
"That made a man out of him," Marko said after the race. "His reward is the fourth place.