Red Bull misery continues with 10-place grid | Sports News

Red Bull’s woes deepened at the Canadian Grand Prix when Yuki Tsunoda was slapped with a 10-place grid penalty for violating pink flag guidelines during FP3. The Japanese driver overtook Oscar Piastri’s broken McLaren, which is in opposition to FIA rules.

Tsunoda met with the stewards earlier than Saturday’s qualifying to clarify his mistake. According to the FIA’s penalty report, the Red Bull star acknowledged that he noticed Car 81 shifting slowly on the left facet of the observe with seen harm. He expressed concern about being hit by particles from Car 81 and determined to cross it.

However, Tsunoda’s clarification did not persuade the stewards, leading to a 10-place grid penalty and two penalty factors. Unlike his teammate Max Verstappen, Tsunoda, who hails from Kanagawa, is much from reaching the 12-point suspension restrict.

The stewards elaborated: “Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined that while Car 81 had an obvious problem, it was not travelling at such a speed that it prevented Car 22 from following it at a safe distance.

“The circumstances had been such that there was no justifiable motive for the driving force of Car 22 to have overtaken Car 81.”

Tsunoda’s recent struggles at Red Bull are being seen as a crisis point, with him striving to redeem his standing in the team.

This season, he has managed merely 10 points across nine Grand Prix races, negatively impacting Red Bull’s competition against the likes of Mercedes and Ferrari for the Constructors’ Championship.

The driver opened up about his situation during a media interaction on Thursday: “As long as I do not actually carry out myself, I do know what is going on to occur and I do know myself, it is not the place I needs to be.

‘But let’s have a look at. I’ve confidence that I can come back sturdy. You guys like to speak in regards to the second seat, about Red Bull, however it’s what it’s.

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“I know there are things I’ve improved in the past years and past races, especially at the start of this season. There’s a lot going on. I would say partly this kind of track will be the reset; I think my progress in terms of understanding is getting there, but I just need a bit of time to do it actually on the track with driving.

“It’s at all times simpler to grasp by doing it really on the observe. But I’m sure it’ll come in some unspecified time in the future, and the progress is there. So I’m not likely dashing it an excessive amount of but.”