News Details

Perez: Hamilton blue flag penalty ‘very unfair'

Sergio Perez believes his five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags at the Spanish Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton approached was 'very unfair'. Hamilton lapped the Racing Point driver down the main straight, a yield which seemed routine enough. But the Stewards decided that Perez had held the race winner up when he caught him at the end of the lap, failing to respond to the blue flags, and so handed Perez the time penalty. Perez would finish the race in P5 with only the top three runners avoiding being lapped, and it's safe to say the Mexican is not in acceptance of his punishment, feeling there was nowhere else he could have moved over so that Hamilton could come through. “I...
Full Story »
4y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Perez hits out at “very unfair” F1 penalty for...

Sergio Perez has criticised the stewards’ decision to hand him a...
4y ago from Crash.net

Perez pleased with F1 return despite "harsh"...

Racing Point driver Sergio Perez was "very pleased" with his...
4y ago from GPFans.com

Perez: I’m disappointed to have got a time penalty

Sergio Perez relished his return to Formula 1 after his COVID-19 ordeal,...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Perez happy with performance, unhappy with 'harsh'...

Sergio Perez took exception with the Spanish Grand Prix stewards'...
4y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia explains ‘weak point' that...

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagania explained his "weak...

Fabio Di Giannantonio brands Alex Marquez...

Fabio Di Giannantonio criticised Alex Marquez for “a dangerous...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

NFL star Rob Gronkowski named Grand Marshal of Indy...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced a unique appointment on Wednesday,...

Tire strategy fueled Christian Lundgaard’s rise to...

The chances of a podium finish in IndyCar’s Grand Prix of Long beach...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Outback diplomacy: Finnish ambassador braves...

o Haapea hopes to raise $30,000 for cancer research as he navigates the...
1w ago from TheGuardian.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Liam Delap 'prefers two clubs' over Man United as...

Ipswich Town's Liam Delap would supposedly rather join two Premier League...
57m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Barcelona transfer news: Catalan giants 'make £47m...

Barcelona will reportedly not reignite their interest in Athletic Bilbao...
17m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Champions League review: Arsenal conquer Bernabéu as...

eta’s side delivered a performance for the ages to knock out Real...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

'Demolition' – Collymore reacts to Arsenal's...

Arsenal will be playing in the Champions League semi-finals after seeing...
47m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.