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Tsunoda handed three-place grid drop for blocking Bottas in qualifying

AlphaTauri's Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda has been hit by a three-place grid drop for impeding Mercedes racer Valtteri Bottas in the qualifying session for tomorrow's Styrian Grand Prix. Bottas was on his first fast lap in Q3 and came across the AlphaTauri driver on the run into Turn 4. The Finn could complete his lap, but felt that he lost a significant amount of time due to the impeding and immediately communicated it to his race engineer, Riccardo Musconi on the radio. Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after qualifying, Tsunoda felt he didn’t hamper Bottas’ lap significantly. He said: 'There is still a gap between me and Valtteri and there’s a little bit of a crest before Turn 4. The...
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