Daniel Ricciardo was given two penalty factors on his licence for his collision with Yuki Tsunoda throughout the Mexican Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver was attempting to cross his rival on the within of flip six when the pair made contact. Ricciardo’s left-front wheel hit the right-rear of Tsunoda’s automobile, briefly lifting the AlphaTauri into the air.
Tsunoda return to the pits the place he retired with sidepod injury, fuming on the radio at his rival. “How he can assume that overtake there?” he mentioned. “I don’t know. Such a rookie man.”
After contemplating video footage of the collision the stewards dominated he was completely accountable for the conflict. “The stewards thought of that Ricciardo’s try and cross Tsunoda was each too late and too optimistic and discover Ricciardo wholly at fault,” they famous.
They handed Ricciardo a 10-second time penalty and two penalty factors on his licence. He now has a complete of six, midway in direction of a one-race ban. Nevertheless Ricciardo has mentioned he is not going to race in F1 subsequent 12 months that means his licence will reset to zero earlier than he makes any potential return.
Ricciardo completed the race in seventh place, 12 seconds forward of Esteban Ocon, so the penalty made no distinction to his ending place.
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