Yuki Tsunoda will take a ten-point penalty at the Italian Grand Prix after accumulating so many reprimands throughout the season.
The AlphaTauri driver was reprimanded for loosening his seat belt amid the bizarre chain of events that led to his retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix.
It was Tsunoda’s fifth match that, under Article 18.1 of the FIA rules, resulted in a penalty kick.
The future of the Japanese racer at AlphaTauri is uncertain.
Although he is expected to continue with the Red Bull junior team in 2023, AlphaTauri team director Franz Tost declined to confirm this is the case.
“First of all Red Bull has to confirm that he is driving for us,” Tost said before the Dutch Grand Prix last week.
Tsunoda received his first reprimand of the season for blocking Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc during practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix, before receiving twice at the Australian Grand Prix – once for obstructing Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz during practice. practice and another for driving unnecessarily slow during the lap. throughout the qualifying round.
At the Monaco Grand Prix in May, he was reprimanded for obstructing Kevin Magnussen during practice.
