While admitting his French Grand Prix has been destroyed before has even set foot on the Circuit de Nevers, Nico Rosberg concedes that his 10-place grid penalty is justified.
Rosberg and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will start down the grid at Magny-Cours after they failed to stop at the pit lane red light in Canada.
The German admits he faces an uphill task in France this weekend after his mistake at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
"Moving 10 places back on the grid, that's really not very good for us as it probably destroys this race weekend too," he told the official Formula One website.
"And that's an even worse situation. But yes, I think it's (the penalty) justified.
"If it had been me alone it wouldn't have been justified because then I wouldn't have destroyed anybody else's race. But in that situation, as it occurred, it is ok."
The Williams driver says the red light was the last thing on his mind when he came out of the pits in Montreal.
"It didn't cross my mind that the pit lane would be red - and if you don't expect something then you can easily go wrong," he said.
"The same goes for Lewis, but then again this doesn't help as there is no such saying in Formula One that a problem shared is a problem halved. It was a pity.
"The best explanation I have is that it slipped my mind."
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