Sergio Perez feels Lewis Hamilton was in "a hurry to recover" following their collision in the Belgian Sprint race that earned a penalty.
On Lap 7 of what was an 11-lap race, the Red Bull and Mercedes were battling for fourth place through Stavelot, with the front-left of the Mercedes clipping the right-hand sidepod of Perez, who was ultimately forced to retire.
Hamilton was slapped with a five-second time penalty over the collision, dropping him from fourth at the flag to seventh, just ahead of teammate George Russell.
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Perez's theory
"It was massive damage from contact from Lewis," Perez told media including RacingNews365.
"He just [hit] the whole right-hand side of the car and it damaged the floor - and that was game over.
"He ran out of grip and just went into the side of me. It was unfortunate.
"[The race] was looking great, we were about to get [Pierre] Gasly [for third] before the Safety Car came out.
"He was in a bit of a hurry, everyone was in a bit of a hurry to recover as it was a very short race, you have to take those risks, but it was not nice to get my race ruined by him."