Regardless of acknowledging that Tsunoda had been cautious of being hit by particles, the stewards deemed “there was no justifiable cause” for the Japanese driver to overhaul and handed him the identical penalty given to Haas’ Ollie Bearman for a similar offence in Monaco.
“The ten-place grid penalty got here out of nowhere to be sincere, I did not even anticipate to be summoned for that,” mentioned Tsunoda following Qualifying in Montreal, the place his P11 end will see him begin the Grand Prix in the back of the grid.
“I do not know what they needed me to do. Oscar had large harm within the final nook, I noticed him within the again straight driving 80kph, very sluggish. He was spraying particles all over the place and I noticed even the tyre was going sideways so I believed if I maintain driving behind, at one level the tyre goes to come back off and hit me. You need to keep away from that and it is a very pointless scenario.
“In the long run, he was driving on the far left to clearly keep away from inflicting points with different drivers which I believe he did an excellent job and that is why I went far proper, with a transparent view.
“I clearly checked there was no automobile in entrance, automobile behind, and I overtook him 170kph which is like half the velocity we usually drive to keep away from an pointless scenario.
