We have already entered the week that will lead us to the Monza GP and the first penalties begin to arrive.
Fifth reprimand for Tsunoda, penalty!
Yuki Tsunoda has been a while the unwanted protagonist of the Dutch GP. On lap 45, the Japanese stops at the exit of turn 3 telling the pits to have an unsecured tyre. When he was about to get out of the car and after already unfastened the belts, he is told by his engineer that the tires were fine and that, therefore, can leave safely. But he had loosened the belts, if not raised driving a lap in a way that is not permitted because very dangerous. He manages to return to the pits driving very slowly and there they manage to fix them. But after a few meters from the pit exit it stops again after hearing weird engine noise.
The defense of the pilot
To the pilot of the AlphaTauri, to international microphones, his version of the facts was asked and he answered like this. “I initially stopped because I thought there was a problem. The engineers saw the data, I came back to fit new tires and then we stopped for good. Belts unfastened? No, they were just wide”. The commissioners they didn't trust and they summoned the AlphaTauri and Tsunoda to discuss better and, after reviewing the images, it was given a reprimand to Japanese and being the fifth season, it will turn into a penalty of 10 places on the grid for the second Italian grand prix of the season.
Tsunoda is not alone, also a top driver in penalty
According to the latest rumors circulating in the paddock there is talk of a possible penalty for Carlos Sainz to mount the fifth Power Unit already present on Leclerc's machine. But I still am just rumors and there is nothing confirmed, but Tsunoda might not be the only one taking a penalty in the Temple of Speed in Monza.
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion
ARTICLE BY FRANCESCO ORLANDO
