![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/f1-stewards-rub-salt-into-red-bull-wounds-with-fresh-punishment-after-singapore-gp/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_F1-Grand-Prix-of-Singapore.jpg&description=Red Bull had a horrible weekend in Singapore, not only losing their 100 per cent win record for the 2023 season but not even being in podium contention with their cars unusually slow Sergio Perez was slapped with a time penalty after the conclusion of the Singapore Grand Prix. He was investigated by the Formula 1 stewards after the race over an incident involving Alex Albon. A battle at turn 13 resulted in the two cars making contact. After investigating the incident, the stewards decided Perez was "predominantly to blame". He was given a five-second time penalty and had one penalty point added to his licence. The good news for the Mexican is that he still keeps hold of eighth place as he was too far ahead of Liam Lawson to lose it through that penalty alone. But it is a fitting end to what has proven to be a terrible race weekend for Red Bull. Explaining the decision, the stewards wrote: "At the approach to Turn 13, Car 23 [Albon] was in front, with Car 40 [Lawson] in front of both of them and travelling slower. Car 23 attempted to take the normal racing line through Turn 13 and was not aware of the exact location of Car 11 [Perez]. Car 11 make a move down the inside of Car 23 and in doing so collided with Car 23. "The stewards considered that this was an 'optimistic' late manoeuvre by the driver of Car 11, that it could be defined as 'diving in', and that there was nothing that the driver of Car 23 could have done to avoid the collision. Accordingly it is determined that the driver of Car 11 was predominantly to blame. "We note the presence of the slower Car 40 in front of Car 23 caused the driver of Car 11 to believe he could make the overtake and therefore in mitigation of penalty, we determined to allocate only one penalty point." Catch all the action from Formula One on Sky Sports and get exclusive access to races, qualifying and much more for every Grand Prix. From Max Verstappen to Lewis Hamilton, you won't miss a lap on Sky Sports. £22 a month After a miser){kind=link}
Red Bull had a horrible weekend in Singapore, not only losing their 100 per cent win record for the 2023 season but not even being in podium contention with their cars unusually slow
Sergio Perez was slapped with a time penalty after the conclusion of the Singapore Grand Prix.
He was investigated by the Formula 1 stewards after the race over an incident involving Alex Albon. A battle at turn 13 resulted in the two cars making contact.
After investigating the incident, the stewards decided Perez was “predominantly to blame”. He was given a five-second time penalty and had one penalty point added to his licence.
The good news for the Mexican is that he still keeps hold of eighth place as he was too far ahead of Liam Lawson to lose it through that penalty alone. But it is a fitting end to what has proven to be a terrible race weekend for Red Bull.