Yuki Tsunoda admitted he was left pissed off with himself after “making an attempt to be a hero,” which led to a pricey crash in F1 qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Tsunoda was compelled to start out from the pit lane at Imola on Sunday following a scary rollover crash in Q1.
Heading into the Villeneuve chicane, Tsunoda took an excessive amount of kerb and spun off into the boundaries.
After the preliminary contact with the barrier, Tsunoda’s automobile flipped over, making it a scary rollover shunt.
Till then, Tsunoda had proven respectable tempo at a monitor he’s acquainted with, given Racing Bull’s intensive testing on the Italian circuit.
Tsunoda finally got here away with tenth, giving Pink Bull an extra level within the constructors’ championship.
Reflecting on his crash in qualifying, Tsunoda conceded he’ll regulate his strategy in future races.
“To be sincere, the one-lap tempo was fairly good,” Tsunoda stated. “Till FP2 particularly I used to be fairly shut with Max, and in FP3 I didn’t have a lot alternative to have any laps.
“I had a fairly okay confidence [going] into the Qualifying, and that made it even worse with myself, that I in all probability made an excessive amount of expectation to myself. I attempted to be a hero within the first lap in Q1, which is de facto pointless.
“It’s simply these issues that I’ve to step again and rethink about it, and do higher subsequent time, for certain.”
Tsunoda comfortable to repay Pink Bull with some extent
The intensive crash harm meant it was an extended evening for the Pink Bull mechanics.
Tsunoda was happy to depart Imola with at the very least some extent to reward the mechanics for his or her onerous work.
“Yeah, at the very least I’m comfortable that I gave one thing to the group, particularly with the quantity of labor they put in a single day, the mechanics – it was huge,” Tsunoda stated.
“I’m okay that I at the very least gave one thing, however on the identical time it was very irritating nonetheless from the final Qualifying… I couldn’t actually sleep a lot final evening. Anyway, I’ve to maneuver on and it’s what it’s. I’m nonetheless okay that I gave one thing to the group.”
