Tsunoda-Gasly claim they could do nothing more in Saudi F1 clash

Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly have each refused to simply accept the blame for inflicting a race-ending crash for every driver within the 2025 Formulation 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Tsunoda’s Pink Bull made contact with the Alpine of Gasly at Flip 4 on the opening lap of the race.

It was certainly one of a collection of thrilling manoeuvres on lap one, with race winner Oscar Piastri tangling with Max Verstappen at the front, earning the Dutchman a five-second time penalty.

But it surely was the opposite Pink Bull of Tsunoda that banged wheels with Gasly earlier than each have been despatched spinning into the limitations.

Tsunoda stated: “It is exhausting accountable both me or Pierre. I’ve achieved as a lot as I can to keep away from it.

“I used to be absolutely in management by way of pace and I used to be not, like, nearly crashing into the automobile in entrance, which was Carlos [Sainz].

“I used to be absolutely in management and I attempted to keep away from as a lot as I can, to not hit Pierre, particularly that most likely it’s the most-tight nook of this monitor.

“It’s a disgrace the way it ended up. You could possibly say there was house however from my viewpoint I had no house and I attempted to decelerate to keep away from it.”

In the meantime Gasly, who was seventh final trip in Bahrain in a optimistic end result for the Frenchman, stated he was additionally to not blame.

He stated: “There is no must say an excessive amount of about it. I do know him. It was by no means intentional however on my aspect, I had a very good line coming into Flip 4, I may brake fairly late and try to go away as a lot house as I may on the surface of Flip 4.

“So I have already got the automobile cross the white line. I needed to preserve my two wheels contained in the monitor to ensure the cross was achieved.

“On the finish of the day, it is a tiny contact, nevertheless it’s only a disgrace it’s put a cease to each of our races.”