Yuki Tsunoda has been the unfortunate protagonist of the sprint race of baku. the pilot of AlphaTauri he hit the wall on the first lap after losing control of his car, knocking out his right rear wheel. The tire was thrown across the trackgenerating a dangerous situation that forced the race management to bring out the safety car.
The Japanese driver went into the pits to replace the tyres, but upon returning to the track it didn’t take him long to realize that something was wrong. The suspension of the wheel he had hit was broken, so the car was going completely sideways.
The mechanics did not realize the severity of the blow and They took the car back to the track. Despite the damage being evident, the Japanese driver did a full lap before returning to the pits to retire, so the team AlphaTauri has been sanctioned with a fine of 5,000 euros.
