Albon believes: 'Drivers learn nothing from five-second penalty'

Alexander Albon thinks giving a five-second penalty is not the solution to counter risky actions. The Williams driver is critical of Sergio Perez's actions in Singapore and Japan and says that, as far as he is concerned, such actions should be punished more severely.

Albon: 'I had the best view of everyone'

In the Singapore Grand Prix, Alexander Albon himself fell victim to an action by Sergio Perez and in Japan too, the two drivers were close to a collision. "In Turn 11 he did the same move again to me on track today," Albon began to tell Motorsport.com. "I avoided it. And then he did it again to Kevin. I was behind him, so I had the best view of everyone".

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen was tapped in the hairpin by the Red Bull driver. The Dane let it be known earlier that Perez's action was not acceptable. Thus Magnussen told:"I was hit on my rear tyre. It was quite a desperate action, but it is what it is." The touché with Magnussen cost him a pit stop, forcing him to switch to a different strategy. According to Magnussen, the moment with Perez was therefore something of an "end of the race".

'it's not really teaching the drivers anything, the penalties aren't strict enough'

Albon further believes that a five-second penalty is not firm enough to deter this kind of action. The British Thai is adamant about the penalties currently in place:"And so clearly it's not really teaching the drivers anything, because the penalties aren't strict enough. I mean, that's two races in a row [in which Perez crashes with another driver]."