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Albon: Collision penalty “not teaching” F1 drivers after Perez shunts

Alex Albon says that Formula 1’s standard five-second penalty for causing a collision is not strict enough and “not really teaching the drivers anything”.

The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish.

In Japan last weekend Albon had another close call with Perez, and was then a witness to the Mexican punting Kevin Magnussen off the road in what the Haas driver called a “shitty” move.

The Red Bull driver received five-second penalties for both incidents having been deemed predominantly to blame for the collisions.

However, in Singapore the added time made no difference to his eighth place finish, and in Japan RBR had initially retired his car only to send it back out so Perez could go through the motions of serving the penalty, and not have to take a grid drop at the next race in Qatar.

Albon believes that a lack of consequences is not a deterrent for risky moves.

"In Turn 11 he did the same move again to me on track today,” said Albon when asked by Autosport about Perez’s repeat offences in consecutive races.

Source: Autosport

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