Quizzed on how the Grand Prix had unravelled for him through the penalty and the battle with Lawson, Perez mirrored: “I believe we had been trying nice at first, in the beginning, though with the penalty I believe we must always have scored factors at this time.
“We had been making progress, we had been about to get into the factors early on within the race with Liam. I had the place, I used to be forward into Flip 5 – he was off the monitor getting again, I wasn’t anticipating him simply to hold on straight.
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“He took the entire aspect of the automobile off, however I don’t suppose it’s his fault as a result of he doesn’t get any penalty.
“He did the identical to Fernando [Alonso] final weekend, he did the identical to Franco [Colapinto] on the finish of the race and no penalty, so possibly relies upon who you’re [in terms of] the penalty you get.”