Sergio Perez admitted that he was “not happy with myself” after collecting two penalties for forcing Scuderia Ferrari Charles Leclerc off the track in the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix earlier today.
The Red Bull driver collected a pair of five-second time penalties after incidents between the pair at turns four and six.
“With Charles I’m very sorry because it’s not the way I like to race,” said Perez. “I’m not that type of driver that races that way. We were in very dirty air, on very hot tyres, very hot brakes and we were just trying to brake as late as possible. Obviously I haven’t seen the incidents but I’m very sorry if I ended up affecting his race because Charles is a driver that races very hard but always on the limit and I’m the same. So I’m not happy with myself in that and I just move on.”
Perez spoke to Charles Leclerc after the race at the Red Bull Ring: “Basically I said what happened from my side,” he explained. “But obviously it’s not enough, it’s not nice when you have this type of issues but he knows from my side that I’m not that type of driver and I’m comfortable with myself.”
The Red Bull driver was also forced off the track on the third lap of the race, following the Safety Car restart, by Lando Norris. The McLaren driver was penalised for the collision.
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