Yuki Tsunoda (Scuderia AlphaTauri) has been punished for the third time this season for violating the minimum lap time for no good reason in the in-lap run in the qualifying for the 2022 F1 Round 3 Australian Grand Prix.
“At the end of the session, Kakuda drove a slow in-lap in the absence of other traffic affecting his driving,” Steward’s report said.
“The minimum required lap time was violated without good or obvious reason.”
“Therefore, Steward will punish him for violating the rules.”
With this, Yuki Tsunoda will be the third reprimand in the three races in 2022. Tsunoda, who was the first driver to be reprimanded for obstructing Charles Leclerc’s second free practice in Bahrain in the opening round, said he also interfered with Carlos Sainz’s second free practice on Friday in Australia2. He had been punished for the second time.
F1 drivers who have received five reprimands during the 2022 season will be penalized with a 10-grid demotion at the next applicable Grand Prix if those four are related to driving.
Category: Category: F1 / Yuki Tsunoda / F1 Australian GP / Alpha Tauri