F1 News: Lewis Hamilton Reflects On Sergio Perez Crash - "I Don't Care Too Much"

Hamilton isn't bothered by his penalty during the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race.

In a twist of events at the Belgian sprint race, Lewis Hamilton hit his Red Bull rival Sergio Perez. The racing stewards deemed him culpable for the collision and he was given a five-second time penalty and an additional two penalty points on his licence. However, Hamilton brushed it off, seeing it as nothing more than an inherent risk of the sport.

Commenting on the incident with Perez, he shared his perspective with press.

"It was a racing incident I think, we tried to go on the inside. I've got nothing to say about it really." 

With Perez's RB19 taking damage in the shape of a hole in the sidepod, his car dropped through the pack before it was retired in the pits. 

Diving into his thought process, Hamilton explained:

"My only thought is that it's tricky conditions out there, we're all trying our best. And of course it wasn't intentional. I went for a gap, I was slow going through 14, I went on the inside, I was more than half a car length on the inside." 

The incident brought back memories of a well-known maxim by Ayrton Senna, a distinguished figure in Formula One history. 

Hamilton recalled: 

"And if you're not going for a gap then you're no longer racing, as Ayrton always said. So that's what I did. When I watched it back it feels like a racing incident to me," affirmed the British driver, now 38.

The imposed penalty had little effect on Hamilton's spirit. He explained:

"In a race like today, I honestly don't really care too much. You don't get many points. Of course it would have been nice to finish fourth, but I don't really care to finish fourth, I want to win. If you fall to seventh, it doesn't really make a difference."