Horner unhappy with Perez's penalty: "No instruction from the race office"

Sergio Perez finished the Italian Grand Prix in third place on the track, but was down to fifth in the final standings. This was due to a five second penalty, which Christian Horner cannot live with.

Perez passed Charles Leclerc at the second chicane, but went off-track for it. Instead of giving the spot back immediately, Perez stayed in front of the man from Monaco. The latter was then quickly overtaken by Valtteri Bottas, which made Perez certainly not want to give that spot back. The Mexican had to pay the price.

Bad luck for Perez

"With Checo, he was desperately unlucky and we felt it was very marginal given there was no instruction from the race office to give the position back. We had to make a decision whether or not to get on with the race, and so we got our heads down and then Checo was handed the penalty," Horner revealed in Red Bull Racing's press release.

"He drove some strong laps under intense pressure but was unable to open up a gap and so we were sad to finish third on the road but fifth overall with only one car scoring points," concluded the Red Bull team boss.