Sergio Perez has received a three-place grid penalty for the Spanish Grand Prix due to staying on track with a broken Red Bull car in Canada on Sunday.
After hitting a wet patch of road with his right-hand side slick tyres, Perez clattered into the Turn 6 barriers on Lap 53 of a wet-to-dry race on Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Perez severely damaged his Red Bull's rear wing by rear-ending the outside wall, but was asked by the team to bring his car back to the pits.
A Red Bull mechanic gathers the remains of the rear wing from the car of Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20 Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images In their statement the stewards explained their decision as follows: 'After making contact with the barriers in Turn 6, the driver continued on track for the remainder of the lap with a significantly damaged car and thereby lost several carbon fibre parts on the way back to the pits.
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