Tsunoda handed two penalty points for Colapinto collision

The stewards added two penalty points to Yuki Tsunoda’s licence for his collision with Franco Colapinto during the Austrian Grand Prix.

The pair tangled at turn four while Tsunoda tried to pass the Alpine. The contact sent Colapinto into a spin, though he was able to resume, while Tsunoda continued. The stewards deemed the Red Bull driver was solely responsible for the incident.

“Car 22 [Tsunoda] attempted an overtake on the inside on car 43 into turn four and both cars collided after the apex,” they noted.

“The stewards determine that the driver of car 22 was fully at fault as the front axle of Car 22 never got ahead of the mirrors of car 43 before the collision. Hence car 22 did not have the right to the corner.”

However Tsunoda avoided a penalty for an earlier collision with Lance Stroll as he overtook the Aston Martin driver.

“Car 22 overtook car 18 [Stroll] on the inside in turn three,” the stewards explained. “Car 22 had its front axle ahead of the mirror of Car 18 prior to and at the apex, the driver was in full control of the car from entry to apex and completed the overtake on track using a reasonable racing line.

“The steward[s] determine that all applicable requirements of the Driving Standards Guidelines have been fulfilled and take no further action.”

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The incident leaves Tsunoda on a total of four penalty points. He picked up two at the previous race for overtaking Oscar Piastri after a red flag was shown during practice.

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