Haas driver Esteban Gutierrez has responded to criticism from Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff, after the Austrian berated the Mexican for 'cruising around and interfering' in others races by failing to respect blue flags.
Wolff's comments were made after the Singapore Grand Prix in which Gutierrez took his time allowing race leader Nico Rosberg and the chasing Daniel Ricciardo through, despite having been shown several blue flags.
Gutierrez has come under scrutiny for the same thing before and received a time penalty in Hungary for holding up Lewis Hamilton, whilst Daniel Ricciardo complained about the same issue in Belgium.
Speaking to the media after the race, Wolff said: "You have one guy cruising around and interfering in the race and it happens to always be the same guy!"
Gutierrez responded to the comments, saying it was unfair of Wolff to make fun of him publicly and should have approached him personally to discuss the matter.
"Making fun of me publicly is not a fair way to do things," he told Autosport. "He could very easily have come to me and spoken to me face-to-face.
"If he has something to say he can come to me and speak about it. He knows I am an open person, he knows I'm very transparent."
The 25-year-old insists he won't change his approach as he wasn't penalised in Singapore, therefore he feels he did nothing wrong.
"It's just disappointing what was said [by Wolff]. But people can make fun of me, they can say whatever they want, but there are rules.
"If I was doing something wrong then I would be penalised, as simple as that."
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