Yuki Tsunoda Hits Out After Controversial Lando Norris Incident

Yuki Tsunoda has called out the FIA stewards after his controversial incident with Lando Norris during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

On Sunday, the 2025 Formula 1 season ended at the Yas Marina Circuit, with Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all going for the world title.

Having qualified on pole, Verstappen made a great start to lead the pack into Turn 1. Piastri then managed to overtake Norris at Turn 9.

After making his first pit stop on Lap 18, Norris encountered traffic as he made his way back up the field.

Having overtaken the likes of Kimi Antonelli, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll and Liam Lawson, Norris was coming up to the back of Tsunoda, who was tasked with holding the Brit up to boost Verstappen's title hopes.

As the pair reached the back straight, Tsunoda was seen weaving, forcing Norris to take evasive action and ultimately pass the Japanese driver off track.

Both drivers were then investigated by the stewards, Tsunoda for forcing another driver off track, while Norris was looked at for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage.

In the end, Tsunoda was slapped with a five-second penalty, and no further action was taken against Norris.

The Brit went on to win the world title after finishing the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in third place, meaning he beat Verstappen to the championship by two points.

Speaking after the race, Tsunoda was far from impressed with the stewards' decision to hand him a penalty for the Norris incident.

He said: "I have to review it back what happened. I have an idea of why they applied the penalty, but at the same time, I have to review it back to see if it deserves the five-second penalty or not.

"Because it cost my race massively. Everyone was doing it, so I don't know, I don't know what they were thinking about, as usual, it is very harsh."

When asked whether he could've done more to hold Norris up, the Japanese added: "I tried my best to defend as much as possible from him.

"There no benefit to let him go easily, so that was it, and I did, I tried my best, but he just came every quickly and overtook me."

Tsunoda continued: "I thought about [backing Norris up into the final sector], but he was also quite far away, and managing massively into Turn 9, because the gap was still eight or nine tenths, and he was closing up at five-tenths a lap.

"I thought I could hold on one more lap, but he did well, maximised the performance in Turns 1-2-3-4-5, and closed the gap in Turn 1, but there was not much difference, because if I slowed down, he probably would have passed me into Turn 1."