AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda will have a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza after the Japanese collected a string of reprimands.
Tsunoda picked up his fifth reprimand in 15 races at last weekend's Dutch Grand Prix for driving on track with his seat belts loosened.
Previous offences — in Australia, Bahrain and Monaco — were for driving unnecessarily slowly and hindering other drivers.
At the Dutch Grand Prix he stopped on track thinking a wheel was loosely attached, undoing his seat belts in the expectation of having to get out of the car.
Instead, the Red Bull-owned team told him the car was safe to continue and he drove back to the pits in an unsafe condition.
Under Formula One's sporting regulations, receiving five reprimands — at least four of them for driving offences — during a season triggers an automatic grid penalty.
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Tsunoda gets 10-place Monza grid penalty after string of reprimands
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AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda will have a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza after the Japanese collected a string of reprimands.
Tsunoda picked up his fifth reprimand in 15 races at last weekend's Dutch Grand Prix for driving on track with his seat belts loosened.
Previous offences — in Australia, Bahrain and Monaco — were for driving unnecessarily slowly and hindering other drivers.
At the Dutch Grand Prix he stopped on track thinking a wheel was loosely attached, undoing his seat belts in the expectation of having to get out of the car.
Instead, the Red Bull-owned team told him the car was safe to continue and he drove back to the pits in an unsafe condition.
Under Formula One's sporting regulations, receiving five reprimands — at least four of them for driving offences — during a season triggers an automatic grid penalty.
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