Bearman accuses Tsunoda of “desperate moves” and “very dangerous” driving · RaceFans

Oliver Bearman accused Yuki Tsunoda of harmful driving after spinning whereas attempting to cross him in as we speak’s race.

The pair have been preventing over seventh place when Bearman tried to cross Tsunoda on the within of flip 15. The Crimson Bull driver was already near the within of the nook and appeared to maneuver additional to the within as Bearman approached.

Bearman swerved in avoidance and spun throughout the within of the nook. The delay prevented him getting previous the Crimson Bull however he was nonetheless capable of end ninth.

After the race Bearman was disillusioned to not have completed greater. He took eighth place on the highway within the dash race however misplaced the ultimate factors place after receiving a 10-second time penalty for an incident.

“Heading into the weekend, for those who advised me [I’d be] P9, and P8 within the dash as effectively, I might have been very glad,” he advised the official System 1 channel. “So on the face of it, an excellent weekend, good factors for the group. Nonetheless it was clear there was extra on the market as we speak.”

He stated Tsunoda crossed a line by altering his line within the braking zone. “What he did was very harmful, towards the spirit of the laws and towards the spirit of going racing, truly.

“This isn’t how we develop up racing, this isn’t how we race at this stage. Not the best way we wish to educate folks watching, younger children watching how we needs to be racing as a result of you shouldn’t transfer in response to different automobiles and that’s what I felt that he did.

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“Though I prevented a crash I misplaced two positions so it’s an enormous disgrace. It’s disappointing as a result of there was the potential for extra as we speak, at the very least eighth if not seventh as a result of clearly I had extra tempo than him at that stage.”

Bearman stated Tsunoda had made dangerous strikes earlier within the weekend, resembling when he bumped into the again of Isack Hadjar within the dash race.

“I really feel like he’s been doing these determined strikes. Within the dash race he was dive-bombing on the within, the identical in the primary race in flip one. So quite a lot of threat, and I in all probability ought to have left a bit extra margin for that sort of driving.”

The stewards didn’t examine the incident. Tsunoda dismissed Bearman’s complaints, telling Sky: “I don’t suppose I moved below the braking.”

Footage: Bearman spins attempting to cross Tsunoda

Oliver Bearman, Yuki Tsunoda, Circuit of the Americas, 2025

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