Paul di Resta has bemoaned the drive-through penalty he received during the Canadian Grand Prix, describing it as "harsh" and "ridiculous".
The Force India driver appeared to be on course to collect a healthy points haul in Montreal when he collided with Renault's Nick Heidfeld. He was forced to make a pit stop to replace his damaged front wing while the stewards slapped him with a penalty to add insult to injury.
The punishment didn't go down well with the 25-year-old as he felt he didn't do too much wrong.
"I'd had a chance of passing Heidfeld the lap before the incident, but thought I'd bide my time," he told Press Association Sport.
"I got another run on him, got alongside him, but where he was trying to break and what he was trying to do, he was never going to make the chicane and he took my front wing off.
"So I had to stop for a wing change, and I got a drive-through penalty, which again I thought was harsh.
"In fact it's not even harsh, it's ridiculous. I don't see how I was at fault for that.
"He came in front of me, yet I still made the corner and he didn't and all that happened was the front-wing end plate came off, so I didn't batter him.
"I'd like to see it again from the outside."
Asked whether he felt the team should pursue the matter, Di Resta added: "It definitely needs investigating.
"This time I feel it was definitely not deserving of a drive-through, which was precious in terms of time."
Di Resta eventually finished in 11th place and although he was down after just missing out on a points-finish in Canada, he vowed to bounce back in Valencia in a fortnight.
"We live to fight another day," he said.
"I've just got to give myself a few days before I think too much about it.
"Obviously I'm going to be down and disappointed, but when I arrive at the next grand prix (the European in Valencia) I have to be fully focused on trying to achieve more.
"It's tough because the decision was hard, but I can't beat myself up too much about it."
