Yuki Tsunoda details Red Bull car struggles after Liam Lawson defeat
Yuki Tsunoda concludes Red Bull's F1 car i🅘s difficult to drive after qualifying a lowly 15th in Japan.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda has admitted Red Bull’s F1 car is m🐭ore difficult to drive than Racing Bulls after a disappointing qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Having been promoted to Red Bull, Tsunoda could only manage 15th on his qualifying ဣdebut for the team as he suffered a heartbreaking Q2 eliminatiꦰon on home soil.
Tsunoda was nearly half a second adrift of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who went on to stun the༒ McLaren pair and claim a shock pole position, in𓃲 the second part of qualifying at Suzuka.
The 24-year-old Japanese driver was also slower than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson, who took 14th on his return to Racing Bulls following hi💟s demotion from the main Red Bull team.
Tsunoda opted to run a higher downforce ღcar set-up with his RB21 compared to Verstappen.
“It’s a bit🍨 different to Max but at the same time, it was the wing level I chose in the end,” Tsunoda explained.
“Still there was pace to go through to Q3 looking 𝄹at the Q1 pace, but I just di🥀dn't put it all together in the end.”
Despite the disappointing resul🅠t, Tsunoda insists he is coping with the pressure of being thrown into the Red Bull hot se🌠at.
"I felt okay in terms ♛of prꦫessure. The last Q2 lap was probably the most pressure time,” he said.
“My mindset was to enjoy✱ it but I had the pa🅰ce from FP1, so I didn't expect to end up like this.
“It’s🍷 a shame but the posi𒁃tive is that I have started to understand the car.
"It is quite difficulܫt to operate properly, it’s quite n🌠arrow, more than the VCARB, but I have confidence now and and know what to do for the future.”
Yuki Tsunoda ‘paid the price’ for set-up choice
Jac🅷ques Villeneuve believes Tsunoda’s ca🍌r set-up choice ultimately backfired.
“He went for comfort and comfort is never fast,” the 1997 world champion told Sky Sports⭕ F1.
“Tsunoda was half a second behind Verstappen 💮and that is not good enough. He got out of Q1 but that is not what Red Bull was looking 𝓡for.
"I think h🐻e is paying the price for set-up choice with a very high downforce.
"It might help him save tyres in the race but he wo𝕴n't have any straight-li🎃ne speed."
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