Yuki Tsunoda has contradicted Purple Bull forward of his aggressive debut for the crew this weekend by insisting the RB21 has not felt “tough to deal with” within the simulator.
Purple Bull introduced final Thursday that it might swap Liam Lawson and Tsunoda from the Japanese Grand Prix, with the outfit needing the latter driver’s expertise to assist enhance the automotive.
While Tsunoda has by no means bodily pushed the precise RB21, he has examined it within the simulator and insisted it’s not as a lot of a handful because the Milton Keynes-based crew has made out.
The Austrian outfit has a historical past of designing its vehicles to go well with Max Verstappen’s driving model, usually inflicting points for whoever is alongside him.
Tsunoda is keen to arrange his automotive in another way from the reigning world champion and do issues his manner at Suzuka, in a automotive he seems to don’t have any issues about.
“I spent about two days within the simulator,” Tsunoda revealed at a Honda occasion held in its Aoyama headquarters. “From that have, I didn’t discover the automotive to be that difficult to drive.
“I positively received the impression that the entrance finish could be very responsive, as individuals usually say. However in case you ask whether or not it felt tough to deal with, I wouldn’t say it gave me a very unusual feeling, at the very least within the simulator.
“After all, how I need to arrange the automotive might be completely different from Max. I need to develop my very own automotive set-up, get a superb understanding of it, and step by step rise up to hurry from FP1.”
The 24-year-old has already outlined that he is targeting a podium at his home race on his competitive Red Bull debut, however recognises he’s below immense strain.
However, it is a chance he plans to benefit from and joked when his mentor, former racing driver Ryo Michigami, identified that he didn’t need to apply strain.
“Sure, please pile on the expectations and strain!” laughed Tsunoda.
