Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly has called on Formula 1 stewards to “stop all this bullshit with penalties” after he was stripped of his British Grand Prix point.
Gasly battled with Sergio Perez during the closing stages at Silverstone and overhauled the Force India driver to round out the top 10, albeit having made contact.
But stewards deemed that while Gasly’s moves were “generally reasonable”, he was responsible for the collision.
"Gasly touched the sausage kerb at the apex of Turn 16 which caused him to collide with Perez," read a statement.
"This subsequently forced Perez off the track on the driver's left before Turn 17 and severely compromised his ability to race through turns 17 and 18, and Gasly was thus able to pass Perez.
“The Stewards determined that Gasly was wholy or predeominantly to blame, and while the collision was light it led directly to the pass. Therefore the Stewards ordered a 5 second penalty.”
Gasly took to social media to describe his penalty as “ridiculous,” before adding: “Every weekends there are contacts with no further action, that’s part of racing and what makes it exciting!
“Was close battle, I enjoyed it. Just let us race and stop all this bullshit with penalties! Will keep fighting.”
Gasly was relegated from 10th to 13th as a result of the sanction, in turn promoting Perez to the final point
