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Jolyon Palmer and Felipe Nasr were forced to retire from the Italian Grand Prix after a lap two collision at the first chicane.
Nasr appeared to try and squeeze Palmer off-track before they made contact ripping the tyre off Nasr's right rear wheel and destroying the front wing on Palmer's car, leaving the Renault driver furious.
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"I had a really good start, made up a lot of places, and was trying to pass Nasr," Palmer said.
"We were side by side through Turn 1, and then he ran me off the road in Turn 2, so we crashed. He's not racing very fairly and he ended both of our races."
Palmer is looking for an opportunity to impress Renault for a retainment for 2017 but the chance eluded him today which he is very disappointed about.
"I think he should have a grid drop because he's ended my race.
"You've got to race fairly, and if you just drive someone off the road when we're side by side then the only choice I have is to drive into the gravel or we crash. There's better racing in GP2 and GP3 than that."
Despite getting the blame from the stewards and receiving a five second time penalty, Nasr doesn't think he was at fault.
"If I say it's right or wrong it's not going to change anything now. The race is over for me and for him. I clearly had the car ahead and I felt a big hit coming from the rear."
Monza - 04 September 2016
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