Tsunoda was heard venting his frustrations over team radio after a surprise Q1 elimination in qualifying in Barcelona before he questioned the performance of his own Alph🌟aTauri ca𓂃r in relation to teammate Pierre Gasly’s.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 while qualifying 🎉while 🌄still ongoing, Tsunoda said: “It’s always different feedback compared to my team-mate, both sides are opposite.

“So, I have a little bit of a question mark: ♏is it the same car?

“Obviously it is the same car, but the character of the car is too different. Maybe of course it is just a driving style, but yeah, I don’t know why I was st📖ruggling this much.”

The 20-year-old Japanese driver later apologised for his comments in a so🌃cial media post on Saturday evening.

“I wanted to ap✃ologise for my comments today,” he wrote on Twitter. “I didn’t mean to criticise the team who have done a great job all weekend. I was just frustrated with my per🌸formance.”

In a separate post on his Insꦦtagram account, Tsunoda added: “I am very fortunate to have a group of such talented and hardworking people working on my car and wanted to apologise ꦆto the team for my comments today.

“I couldn’t maximise the potential of the car and was frustrated with myself. Tonight, I will analyse the data with my e💙nginꦉeers and make sure to improve for tomorrow.”

Tsunoda will line up fr🐼om 16th on the grid for Sunda♔y’s Spanish Grand Prix, while Gasly starts 12th.