MONZA, Italy -- Felipe Nasr said he was "surprised" to be given a penalty for his collison with Renault's Jolyon Palmer at the Italian Grand Prix.
Nasr and Palmer made contact while vying for position at Turn 2, with Nasr appearing to drive across Palmer on the exit of the chicane. Nasr spun and, like Palmer, retired in the pits due to damage from the collison.
However, he was then handed a ten-second time penalty. Fearing it would be carried over to the next race, Sauber sent him back out to serve the penalty before retiring again.
The Brazilian was handed two penalty points on his superlicence and had to visit the stewards again after the race.
"I went to see [FIA race director] Charlie [Whiting] but that was nothing special" Nasr said when asked about the meeting. "There is not much to say really."
Though he refused to be drawn on commenting about the crash Nasr made it clear he felt it was wrong for the stewards to blame him.
"I was a bit surprised [by the penalty]. What can I do? I got the penalty in the end and it's not going to change if I say whether I was right or wrong. It's done.
"I felt like climbing up to 14th on the first lap was again putting in a good effort at the start, a good first lap and we could have at least hold on to the position, maybe fight for something better. It's a shame it ended up this way but we gotta keep on trying."
Palmer and Nasr have a fiery history together from their time in GP2.
Asked if he will speak to Palmer about the incident between now and Singapore, Nasr replied: "No, I don't think it's necessary."