The 30-year-old said: “I waited all my career for an opportunity with a top team and I am so much looking forward to making it work. Perez moves to Red Bull after seven years at the team last known as Racing Point and before that Force India. He said the level of engineering capability in the team was “very impressive” but emphasised that it will take him time to find his feet. “It’s like a dog finding a new family,” Perez said. Perez has driven the Red Bull car in the simulator and said he was “getting there”. “I have a good idea of what the Red Bull car is like,” he said.

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