‘I’m the one who always gets penalties’ - Yuki Tsunoda's fury at F1 stewards
The AlphaTauri driver was handed a five-second time penalty, as well as two penalty points on his licence, for clashing with Mercedes’168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell in Sunday’s chaotic race at Zandvoort.
Tsunoda and Russell tangled when the latter mad🌃e a move around the ou♛tside of Turn 1.
The Japanese racer disagreed with th🐟e stewards’ verdict and said he is treated more harshly than his rivals.
“I mean, that’s racing,” Tsunoda said. “I didn’t feel like it w😼as aggressive. I don’t think we touched in the end.
“But I’m the one who always gets penalties.”
Explaini꧑ng their decision, the stewards noted: “Russell was ahead of Tsunoda at the braking point, but Tsunoda appear𝓰ed to brake a little later.
“Tsunoda was on the dirty inside line and having braked later he then understeeredও into Russell. The stewards determined that Tsunoda was predominantly at fault for the collision.”
It was the second penalty Tsunoda was given during the Zandvoort weekend, having also picked up a three-place grid drop for blocking168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton in qualifying.
Tsunoda was hit withඣ a penalty for a similar offence in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix, while he also criticised the stewards over a penalty at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Tsunoda labelled his five-second time penalty for forcing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu off the circuit as “ridiculous” and “really unfa🃏ir”.
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