Yuki Tsunoda stated he’s happy with the beginning he has made at Pink Bull as he heads into his third occasion with the workforce.
Final week in Bahrain he scored his first factors since being drafted in as a alternative for the struggling Liam Lawson at spherical three.
“I’m proud of how I progressed within the final two races,” Tsunoda informed the official F1 channel, saying it had gone “barely higher than I believed, most likely.”
Nevertheless he admitted he nonetheless has lots to study how you can get essentially the most out of the RB21.
“[I’m] nonetheless within the course of that I’m attempting to grasp concerning the automobile, how this automobile works in numerous tracks and totally different sorts of circumstances,” he stated. “This stuff will include expertise and time.
“However contemplating the 2 races I’m proud of the present form when it comes to confidence degree. It’s fairly up there. Clearly it’s not 100% excellent but it surely’s okay.”
Tsunoda was solely 18th general on the finish of ultimate follow final week however rebounded to achieve Q3. He desires “to be barely extra constant in free follow,” this weekend in Jeddah.
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“Within the final two grands prix, I had a whole lot of up and down in free follow,” he stated. “I had very powerful practices in Bahrain.
“In some classes there’s a giant purpose for it, however I believe if I’m in a position to nail it down barely extra from the early phases, I’m simply going to have extra confidence. I’m additionally in a position to get additional efficiency from the automobile, most likely higher than how I did in qualifying, in order that’s my goal.”
He certified additional off the tempo of his workforce mate than some other driver in Bahrain. Tsunoda stated Max Verstappen’s years of expertise with Pink Bull’s automobiles, plus the intensive set-up adjustments the workforce make each weekend as they search higher efficiency from their automobile, makes it laborious to get on phrases with him.
“In all probability Max is aware of way more [than] me about this automobile, so though the automobile shouldn’t be within the window that this automobile desires, he’s nonetheless in a position to extract efficiency barely higher than myself,” stated Tsunoda. “That [makes] lots totally different, clearly in qualifying, particularly when it’s a extremely tight session.
“It’s not the best approach to discover this window that we wish and particularly within the final two grand prix, a minimum of since I joined, we preserve altering the downforce degree and all the things. Due to these issues it’s not likely very best, and for the workforce additionally realizing as effectively as a result of ultimately as a driver we need to have a constant steadiness as a lot as attainable all through the week.
“Clearly as a workforce we’re attempting to resolve this concern but it surely’s not the best [way] to resolve this stuff. I’m certain there’s one thing deliberate, updates are coming within the coming races however let’s see. Hopefully issues will get higher [with] higher confidence within the automobile.”
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