Yuki Tsunoda punished after dangerous Lando Norris incident

Yuki Tsunoda has received a €10,000 fine and a formal warning after impeding Lando Norris during final practice ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The Red Bull driver impeded Norris on the entry into Turn 12, with the championship leader having been on initially a cool lap before increasing in pace as the lap progressed.

Norris was forced into taking last-minute avoiding action due to Tsunoda having been on cruising on the racing line, at a section of the circuit where long distance visibility is restricted. 

The incident was quickly placed under investigation, with Tsunoda now having a €10,000 fine to pay.

The stewards' report read: "The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 22 (Yuki Tsunoda), the driver of Car 4 (Lando Norris), team representatives and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence. 

"Telemetry showed that Car 4 was, for the first part of the lap, driving in a manner that indicated he was not on a push lap. The team of Car 22 conceded that this was interpreted by them to mean that Car 4 was not on a push lap. 

"However Car 4 then increased pace, commencing a continuous run. In approaching turn 9 it was easily visible on the GPS map available to the teams, that Car 4 was rapidly gaining on Car 22, which was on a slow lap. 

"However the team of Car 22 continued to only advise its driver about the following cars on push laps. The Stewards determine that the competitor of Car 22 should have warned its driver that Car 4 was rapidly closing the gap, and it had ample time to do so, and hence impose the above penalty. 

"Additionally a formal warning is issued to the driver. Even though he was not warned, he should not have been driving in that track position on a slow lap."