Yuki Tsunoda’s radio messages on the final lap of the Miami Sprint hinted at a Red Bull plan to minimise his team-mate Max Verstappen’s penalty, but it came to nought. Verstappen was given a 10-second penalty in Saturday’s Sprint at the Miami Grand Prix after an unsafe release resulted in a crash in the pit lane with Kimi Antonelli.

Max Verstappen finished in P17 in the Sprint, after his 10-second penalty was applied. Red Bull however possibly made an attempt to try and salvage a point, asking Yuki Tsunoda. Verstappen already had his penalty given to him,

Yuki Tsunoda was knocked out in the first leg of qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix sprint after failing to get across the line in time to start his final flying lap. Tsunoda had posted a best time of 1m29.246s in a traffic-disrupted first run in qualifying, which left him in the danger zone as the clock ticked down to zero in SQ1.