Four days after describing him as a “f***ing idiot”, Sergio Perez will sit alongside Nikita Mazepin at the Spanish Grand Prix press conference.

Perez was leading the race last Sunday at Portimao before his scheduled pit-stop when Mazepin got in his way, failing to observe blue flags warning him he was about to be lapped.

The Red Bull driver got straight on the radio, using the same words about the Haas rookie as Nicholas Latifi had the previous day following a run-in with Mazepin during qualifying.

Mazepin, who received a five-second penalty for holding up Perez, subsequently apologised and Haas boss Guenther Steiner said the team would aim to improve communications with their drivers in future scenarios.

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