Sergio Perez has said the collision with Romain Grosjean on lap 31 was a racing incident after the Mexican was given a ten-second penalty by the stewards.
Perez eventually finished 13th, one place ahead of team-mate Hulkenberg.
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“We knew ahead of the race it would be a big fight to get close to the points and it turned out to be just the case. I struggled with degradation in my first stint, on mediums, and that cost me a lot of time after the Safety Car. We had slightly better pace with the hard compound, but in the end it was not enough to get back in contention.
The penalty didn’t help us either; I felt I had nowhere to go and couldn’t avoid contact with Romain. I thought it was a racing incident but it ended up costing us a lot. It’s a disappointing result but at least we were able to learn a lot from this race and this will help us going forward.”
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