Pérez accepts fate: "Penalty was fair"

Sergio Pérez was handed a drive-through penalty during the Singapore Grand Prix for barging into Sergey Sirotkin, and the Mexican conceded that that was probably the right decision.

You could argue that he should've been handed a penalty before that. In the very first lap, Pérez squeezed his teammate Esteban Ocon off the track, causing the Frenchman to run out of track and hit the wall, ending his race and causing a Safety Car.

No further action was taken though, meaning Pérez could carry on. After pitting, he was behind the Williams of Sergey Sirotkin, and couldn't get past. He looked more and more frustrating, and when he eventually did get past, the Mexican immediately closed the door, ramming Sirotkin and causing damage on both cars. Pérez didn't get away with that one, and was handed a drive-through.

“It was hard racing, he was defending his position very hard, moving a lot under braking and locking up a lot under braking," Pérez told PlanetF1.

“Then as I was going through him I tried to close the door, but I think he was too close there.

"I don’t think it would have changed the result but it’s a shame we didn’t score any points."

He then conceded that the collision probably was his fault (it was).

“I have to see the incident but I think I probably closed the door earlier than I should have.

“I have to double check, but I think it was fair, the penalty.”