Montreal: Sergio Perez has defended himself against criticism that he drove like "an idiot" at last month's Monaco Grand Prix, insisting he did nothing wrong. The Mexican came under fire from rival drivers after he collided with Formula One title contender Kimi Raikkonen in the most recent race of the championship but was adamant he was not to blame.
"Every manoeuvre that you try to do in Monaco to try to overtake people is on the limit," Perez told reporters on Thursday ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix. "I did a couple of moves on the limit which at the end of the day went badly. The result was not the one I was expecting.
"But, I think the manoeuvres I did, they were right. I did nothing stupid." Perez made contact with Raikkonen when he tried to overtake him at the entrance to a chicane on the tight Monaco street circuit. Raikkonen's Lotus suffered a tyre puncture and he fell back through the field before recovering to finish 10th.
Raikkonen, who is currently second behind Sebastian Vettel in the championship standings, suggested the 23-year-old McLaren driver needed a punch in the face. But Perez, who failed to finish the race, said he was unfazed by the criticism and did not expect any lingering problems at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, another tricky street circuit....
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02:14 PM, May 27, 2013
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10:16 AM, May 27, 2013
Monaco: Lotus driver Romain Grosjean was handed a 10-place grid penalty for next month's Canadian Formula One Grand Prix after smashing into the back of Daniel Ricciardo's Toro Rosso in Monaco on Sunday. Stewards ruled that the Frenchman, who had a spate of accidents last year and was banned for one race, had caused the collision as the two cars exited the tunnel on lap 62 of the crash-strewn 78-lap...
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08:59 PM, May 26, 2013
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04:47 PM, May 26, 2013
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06:42 PM, May 25, 2013
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