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Sergio Perez has lashed out at the social media toxicity that followed his collision with Carlos Sainz at the F1 Azerbaijan GP. The two drivers were involved in a crash as they battled for the podium position. The incident took place when Carlos got the jump on Sergio into turn 2. For the subsequent turn 3, the Red Bull driver was trying to line up the Ferrari driver for a move with the help of DRS.
However, both drivers slightly misjudged the proximity to each other. They ended up colliding in what was a serious incident. The FIA stewards ruled the collision a racing incident and hence neither of the two drivers got any penalty.
Perez, however, got the bulk of the blame from different quarters, so the RB driver even opened up on the toxic social media blame culture that followed him in the aftermath. A clip was floated on social media where Perez was seen patting Sainz's head while the Spaniard was still in his crashed Ferrari.
