Referring to the amount of accidents Tsunoda has been involved in following his retirement at the Dutch Grand Prix, Binotto labelled Tsunoda as a “tsunami” in an interview with Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport. 

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Italian Grand Prix, Binotto issued an apology for his comment, which caused of🍸fence in Japan. The country’s north-eastern coastal communities were devastated by a 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami in 2011, which claimed the lives of nearly 16,000 people. 

“Certainly I need to apologise and it wa𝓀s a mistake by using that word,” said Binotto. 

“It was no intention to do any anything wron🌼g and very close to the victims which I honestl𒊎y I realised.

“I think that Tsunoda is a fantastic driver, is a great man and we've got a good relationship between the two [of us]. And that's a ജway that we simply call him in a way, to… as you said, it's a simple joke, but it's a bad joke.” 

Tsunoda has picked up a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:10-place grid penalty for this weeken🀅d’s grand prix after reaching five reprimands during the 2022 season. 

He was issued a♔ further three-place grid penalty after failing to slow f𝓰or yellow flags during Friday practice, and is now just four penalty points away from a race ban.