‘I felt what he did was very dangerous’ – Bearman and Tsunoda at odds over US GP clash

Ollie Bearman has accused Yuki Tsunoda of making a "dangerous" manoeuvre during the United States Grand Prix as the pair clashed on track in the battle for seventh.

Bearman was making strong progress at the Circuit of The Americas having started eighth on the grid and by Lap 34 he was closing on the rear of Tsunoda’s Red Bull ahead.

However, as the Red Bull closed the door on an attempted overtake up the inside of Turn 15 from Bearman, the Haas driver was forced to take avoiding action and span. In the end the Briton came home in ninth place.

“I felt that what he did was very dangerous, against the spirit of the regulations and against the spirit of going racing actually,” Bearman said, accusing Tsunoda of moving under braking.

“This is not how we grow up racing, this is not how we go racing at this level. It’s not the way we want to teach young kids watching how we should go racing, because you should not move in reaction to other cars, and that’s what I felt that he did.

“Although I avoided a crash, I lost two positions. It’s a big shame, and disappointing because there was a possibility of more – at least eighth, if not seventh – because clearly, I had more pace than him at that stage.

“But I feel that he’s been doing these desperate moves. In the Sprint, he was divebombing down the inside and the same in the main race at Turn 1.

“A lot of risk, and I probably should have left a bit more margin for that type of driving.”

The stewards took no action for the move in question on the track as Tsunoda went on to finish seventh himself in the Grand Prix.

Defending his actions, the Red Bull driver said: “I’ll have to check from his view onboard, but obviously, how we ended up if unfortunate. We were fighting hard and it was fighting good up until then, it’s just unfortunate how we ended up like that.

“But in my view, I don’t think I’ve done anything extremely wrong, and that’s it.”

Speaking to Sky Sports F1, Tsunoda added: "I don't think I moved under the braking.”