Tsunoda: Zhou 'pretended' to go off in Spanish GP penalty clash
Yuki Tsunoda believes Zhou Guanyu "pretended" to go off the track after the Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 crash that cost the former a points finish.
On Lap 56 of 66 in Barcelona, Zhou attempted to drive around the outside of Tsunoda at Turns 1 and 2, but was forced into the escape road by the AlphaTauri driver, with both continuing on unscathed.
However, the stewards felt that the move was enough to earn Tsunoda a five-second time penalty which dropped him from a ninth-place (and two points) finish to 12th and outside the points.
Post-race, the Japanese racer was not impressed by the Alfa Romeo diving for the escape road, saying Zhou " pretended " to go off. Tsunoda unhappy with Zhou "To be honest, after I've given literally everything on every lap, I feel that it's a really harsh penalty ," Tsunoda explained to media, including TheFOXposts.Com , after Zhou, Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc were all promoted up one place o...