Tsunoda was asked to let Ricciardo past in the closing laps as the Australian was on fresh soft tyres, and potentially in a position to challenge the cars ahead.
Tsunoda queried the call and was reluctant to comply, but he eventually did, and then frustrated to see that Ricciardo didn’t make any further progress. After the flag he made his feelings clear by passing Ricciardo and swerving towards him on the cooldown lap.
Team principal Laurent Mekies tried to calm things down by getting the drivers together and talking through what had transpired.
Ricciardo says the prompt action has left the team in a stronger position than it was previously as the air was quickly cleared.
"What happened at the end of the race, yes, it wasn't great," he said. “But actually then two hours later, how we walked out of that meeting, I think actually that put the team in a better place than it was even Saturday morning.
"I think the race situation is something that happened, drivers never like team orders. So a driver maybe doesn't react straight away, it's not the first time that's ever happened. I think that was all pretty clear.
Source: Autosport