An already difficult week for Yuki Tsunoda only got worse when he was handed his third different grid drop of the Italian Grand Prix weekend after failing to slow down for a set of yellow flags during Friday’s second practice.
Following an investigation, Tsunoda was given a three-place grid penalty for not slowing sufficiently enough after Mick Schumacher’s Haas came to a halt during the session. The stewards ruled that “it was clear that [Tsunoda] did not reduce speed as required” as he neared Schumacher’s disabled car on the side of the track at Monza.
The grid drop marked the third such penalty that the AlphaTauri driver received for the Italian Grand Prix.