Force India's Sergio Perez spent Saturday morning before qualifying competing with his team mate Nico Hulkenberg to build the tallest tower of Hype Energy drinks cans, but on Sunday afternoon he had a very different drink on hand to celebrate clinching third place in the Monaco Grand Prix.

We loved this picture bringing you right into what it feels like to be celebrating on the main straight, just in front of the podium. Perez has six podiums to his career to date, three when he was with Sauber and now three (on each in in consecutive seasons) with his current team. It's getting to be a bit of a habit, so let's hope we see him splashing the champagne around again real soon!

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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