​Tsunoda hit with 10-place penalty for overtaking ailing Piastri

Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a 10-place grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix for overtaking Oscar Piastri’s damaged McLaren under red flags in FP3.

Piastri hit the "Wall of Champions" on the outside of the final chicane and damaged his right-rear corner, picking up a puncture that led to debris being left on the track. The session was red flagged to clear the debris, but Piastri’s car was deemed to be in a safe enough state to be driven back to the pits.

Tsunoda overtook Piastri on the back straight before entering the pit lane, but the stewards felt he should have stayed in order as per the red flag protocols, and handed him a severe grid penalty as well as two penalty points.

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“After Turn 12, Car 22 was approaching Car 81 on the back straight. The driver of Car 22 said that he saw Car 81 traveling slowly on the left side of the track with obvious damage. He said that he was worried that he might be struck by debris from Car 81 and decided to overtake.

“Telemetry showed that Car 81 was traveling at 86kph when Car 22 overtook at a speed of 171kph.

“Having considered the matter extensively, the Stewards determined that while Car 81 had an obvious problem, it was not traveling at such a speed that it prevented Car 22 from following it at a safe distance. The circumstances were such that there was no justifiable reason for the driver of Car 22 to have overtaken Car 81.”

The penalty points are the first two that Tsunoda has picked up in the last 12 months.

Gabriel Bortoleto was also cleared of a red flag infringement at the same time in the session, with the stewards deeming he made all reasonable attempts to slow safely but was already too close to Oliver Bearman at the point the red flag was displayed to prevent passing the Haas.