Lando Norris has cautioned against rising expectations for his home British Grand Prix after bringing McLaren back to the Formula One podium in Austria on Sunday.
For the third time this season the 21-year-old finished third. He debuted on the front line for the first time in his career and was voted Driver of the Day by fans.
Mercedes-powered McLaren is also third in the constructors' championship, ahead of Ferrari, and Silverstone with a crowd of around 140,000 expected on race day as COVID-19 restrictions are eased.
"The annoying thing is that a lot of people are going to expect it every weekend now," Norris told Sky Sports television at the Red Bull ring after the race.
"I'm not getting too giddy because I know we're going to go to Silverstone and it's probably like being a little more normal."
Norris said McLaren had not expected this to happen so quickly in Austria, but that a combination of factors, including warm weather, had contributed to the car's improvement. Australian Daniel Ricciardo started in 13th place and finished seventh.
Rivals noted McLaren's pace, with Norris qualifying and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton ahead of both Mercedes cars, who finished fourth in a damaged car in the race.
"Such a great driver, Lando," commented Hamilton on team radio.
Norris, who has finished in the top five in eight of nine races this year and is fourth overall, said he was not squandering his chances to make himself look good.
"We have always been strong in Austria, every year since coming here in F1 for the first time. Silverstone was not so good for us last season," he said.
"Not that I want to be negative. I'm just being realistic and I feel like a lot of people are going to expect it every weekend from now on and complain 'why aren't we early?'"
McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl said Norris could have finished second without a time penalty after the stewards ruled that he had kicked Red Bull's Sergio Pérez off the track early in the race.
"Let's focus on the positive," he said. "Finally a sensational race weekend for the team from Landau."