Perez spotted Norris outside the track limits: 'Thought he'd give position back'

"It was a bit messy. It started at the start," Perez said in conversation with Sky Sports. On the first lap, he immediately lost ground. "I immediately suffered from wheelspin, so I lost the position to Carlos. After the restart I recovered the position but also lost a place again to Lando."

"I looked in my mirrors at turn five and Lando was completely outside the track limits of the track. I didn't fight it because I thought he would give it back." That didn't happen, but the Mexican was soon back in his 'familiar' fourth position. "It took me a while to get past him and at that point I knew what my race was going to be like from then on."

The 31-year-old then drove in no man's land and had a quiet afternoon. He briefly went for the fastest lap of the race, but in the end Bottas got away with the extra championship point.