The Mexican was subsequently forced to retire from the race due to bodywork and floor damage, while Hamilton received a 5-second penalty that dropped him from fourth to seventh in the final classification.
“It was massive damage from the contact from Lewis,” said Perez when asked by Autosport about his retirement.
“He just took the whole right-hand side of the car. He damaged the floor and the sidepod, so that was game over. We lost too much grip with it.
“I think he was in a bit of a hurry. Everyone was in a hurry to recover today. It's a very short race. So you have to take that level of risk, but not nice to get my race ruined by him.
“Basically he just I think ran out of grip and could not stop his car and just went into the side of me and damaged my floor. And that was very unfortunate."
Perez was adamant that he was on for a good result having started the sprint in eighth. He was set to pass Pierre Gasly for third.
Source: Autosport