Sergio Perez is fined, but retains eighth place

The stewards of the Singapore Grand Prix have fined Sergio Perez for a collision with Alex Albon in turn thirteen.

The Red Bull Racing driver tried to overtake on the inside before the corner, but made a mistake when braking and collided with the Williams driver. The stewards called this maneuver ‘optimistic’ and imposed a five-second penalty on Sergio on the final result and one penalty point (the third in a twelve-month period).

After adding five seconds to Perez’s result, his position in the finishing protocol did not change: the Red Bull Racing driver remained eighth.

With regard to another incident involving Perez and Albon, namely a possible overtaking action during the virtual safety car, the stewards took no action.

The virtual safety car mode was activated at the same time that Alex left the pits and overtook Perez, who was on the track at the time, and the time synchronization system was unable to determine which of them was in the second row earlier. the safety car.

During the analysis of the incident, representatives from both teams took the position that there was no clear information at the time about who should let whom through, and the stewards agreed with the arguments.