Sergio Perez has batted off any retirement talks, making it clear that he is in the hunt for a contract extension at Red Bull.

“Every Sunday after the meeting [with my engineers], I go home, and I’m like ‘F***, I love this thing,’ because being able to communicate with this level of engineering, with this level of drivers, working alongside Max, with the best engineers in the world, I mean, it’s just something amazing,” he explained to The Athletic.

“I’m different. Different from the point of view that I’ve got a family, I [have] got the four kids, and I want to see them grow. When they get to certain ages, I want to be very present and I want to enjoy with them and take them to fight for their dreams, whatever dream that is.

“I want to be part of their dreams. I know that I’m not going to be here forever, but one of my inspirations is that my youngest son gets to see me racing. So [retirement is] not going to be any time soon.”