Sergio Perez has issued an announcement admitting that he ‘owed the stewards extra respect’ in Abu Dhabi. He was referred to as to go to them within the aftermath of the Grand Prix to debate feedback made on the workforce radio concerning his five-second time penalty.
The Purple Bull driver was issued a time penalty throughout the closing phases of Sunday’s season finale after he made contact with McLaren’s Lando Norris down at Flip 6. Perez was making an attempt an audacious transfer to grab P4 from the younger Brit however got here out of the battle worse off.
Perez lunged from a way again, bumping wheels with Norris’ McLaren as he didn’t gradual the automobile down in time to succeed in the apex. This contact despatched his rival onto the run-off space the place he managed to retain the place.
The 33-year-old managed to ultimately make his well past however was handed a five-second time penalty for his troubles. He later moved past Charles Leclerc and George Russell to take second place, however that reprimand from the stewards relegated him to P4 on the chequered flag.
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This choice didn’t go down too kindly with Perez, who had labelled the decision at hand him a penalty as ‘a joke’ in a workforce radio dialog along with his race engineer. This remark earned him a visit to the stewards’ room after the race was over.
In an announcement to his followers on Instagram, Perez stated: “This sport brings out one of the best in all of us and likewise the eagerness. Tonight I spoke with that zeal and adrenaline after shedding a podium.
“It’s laborious all the time having a radio dwell, not most sports activities have that. However I owed the stewards extra respect, all of us have a job to do and I respect the job they should do in excessive strain conditions. Onto 2024.”
Following their investigation the stewards opted at hand Perez a proper warning. Of their assertion, they defined: “The Stewards notice that they’re clearly conflicted on this matter as they had been the topic of the radio statements and that usually this is able to be referred to the subsequent panel of Stewards nonetheless as that is the ultimate occasion of the season, the matter wanted to be handled right here.
“The motive force made a real and honest apology to every of the Stewards and defined that he made the feedback within the warmth of the second and didn’t think about the truth that they might be broadcast, and the impression of that.”