Mexico City /
The five-second penalty he suffered Sergio Pérez at the Italian Grand Prix was questioned by Christian Horner, Head of Red Bull, who considered the maneuver he performed to overtake Charles Leclerc, In his fight for third place, it was legal.
The Mexican had to perform this action so as not to collide with the Monegasque pilot, But in the final minutes of the race his penalty was announced and so the third place he had managed to finish in June was lost.
“Sergio has had a good race. Forward to Charles and then overtake to Charles who was right on the edge. We asked the race control and they didn’t answerHorner explained at the end of the event.
Horner insisted that at no time were they asked to let Leclerc pass, So he followed the race until during the broadcast the punishment was commented on.
“So we accepted it and then we received the penalty. We were not asked to return to the position“It abounded.
The penalty sealed a bad day for Red Bull in which he only added 10 points thanks to Czech and the accident between Max Verstappen i Lewis Hamilton which withdrew both from the race.