The weekend started with slightly colorful language in the first free practice by Yuki Tsunoda as he complained about traffic and it ended with him pulling off a last-lap move over Lance Stroll in his Aston Martin to secure a ninth-place finish in his first race in Formula 1.
Recapping the race, Tsunoda revealed it was the last stint in the race where he felt most comfortable.
“The last stint I think was the best one for me, also in tire management,” he said. “I think for me it was a good pace compared to the other two stints.”
“I passed Stroll at the last lap in the first corner. It was a really late launch, but I decided that if I couldn’t overtake him, I can’t sleep all night tonight!”
“So I struggled really the last two laps, especially in dirty air from him. I did quite a lot of mistakes. So I’m really glad to pass him in the last lap.”
Questioned on whether he was happy with how his first weekend in Formula 1 panned out. Yuki Tsunoda said," Happy, but also a bit disappointed I think, especially because I thought I lost too many positions in the first lap. Also, it took time to recover the positions."
My teammate did a better job in qualifying: Yuki Tsunoda
Although when pointed out that this was still his first weekend in Formula 1 and ninth was still a solid result, Yuki Tsunoda refuted by saying, “Yeah, maybe I’m aiming too high, maybe before this race! But for me, I just saw that my teammate was doing a better job in the qualifying, and I was aiming for there, so of course, I’m not a hundred percent happy.”
“But as I say, I’m happy to get points first race, because that is a really positive thing for the team. So I’m not really disappointed. But I would say that I’ve learned a lot of things in this race, obviously.”
Yuki Tsunoda is certainly a breath of fresh air in Formula 1, the driver has impressed everyone with his talents and will be the one to keep an eye on during the season.
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