Scuderia AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda has already taken the first warning of the season for obstructing Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) during the second free run of the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday, March 18th. I received it.
Leclerc, who was running the measurement lap with new tires, was blocked by Yuki Tsunoda on turn 8 and had to abandon the lap. Leclerc raised his hand and protested.
Regarding the case, Yuki Tsunoda explained that he was on an outlap heading for a long run with fuel loaded. In response, Steward determined that he had violated Article 37, Paragraph 5 of the FIA-F1 Competition Regulations, saying that he must always be aware of machines running at high speeds during the outlap.
After hearing from both parties and team representatives, as well as video and team radio investigations, Steward ruled that Yuki Tsunoda would be subject to the first driving action of the season. It was the first season of reprimands.
At that time, the driver will be penalized with a 10-grid demotion at the competition if he receives five reprimands during one season. If you receive the fifth warning due to an incident during the race, you will be demoted to 10 grids in the next race.
However, this is limited to cases where 4 out of 5 warnings are violations related to driving.
After the checkered flag of the same session, Yuki Tsunoda entered the inside of Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) on turn 8 and made a light contact, which was also deliberated.
Stroll claimed to have seen the rear with a mirror, but could not see it at the turn-in due to the high approach speed of Yuki Tsunoda. Steward has imposed the first warning of the season (driving) on Stroll, saying that the driver is obliged to pay attention to the surrounding situation, even though there was no warning from the team.