Anything goes in Austria: the driver insults live and is heavily sanctioned for this reason.
A weekend where everything happened, between clashes until the last breath and pilots who do not mince their words. The Spielberg race gave us an interesting show, concluded with the surprise victory of George Russell.
In reality, the Mercedes driver’s victory was favored by an incredible clash between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen: the two great friends outside the paddock gave life to a wheel-to-wheel duel epic on the climb up turn 3. Both wanted to prove they were the best, but in the end the only one who was right was Russell who gave Mercedes their first win of the season.
In addition to the issue related to the contact between McLaren and Red Bull, another fact that perhaps went unnoticed must be highlighted. A fact starring the Japanese runner Yuki Tsunoda.
Tsunoda in the storm: very heavy fine arrives
Tsunoda’s race was less lucid than the previous ones, in the other races the Racing Bulls driver had shown great flashes scoring points more than once. In Austria this pattern was not repeated, indeed the Japanese driver He stole the scene with some harsh words directed at the Race Direction of the Spielberg circuit.
The Asian driver’s rude gesture, however, occurred during qualifying: upon exiting the pit lane, the 2000-born driver railed against the stewards as soon as his rival Guanyu Zhou had entered in front of him to resume the race. Tsunoda, frank as always, did not mince his words and said the following sentence on the team radio: “These guys are f*****g retarded“.
A sentence like this could not fail to be a subject of debate. among the stewards. And in fact, immediately after the Austrian race, the Japanese driver was given a fine of 20 thousand euros, which will become 40 thousand if he behaves in this way in other races in the future.
The Japanese, immediately after learning the verdict from the stewards, He apologized via a post on social mediastating that he did not realise that he had offended the race management in that way.Hi, I wanted to apologize for what I said on the radio today. Obviously I didn’t use it intentionally and I misunderstood its exact meaning.“, wrote the Japanese pilot on X.
