RB stored Yuki Tsunoda within the Azerbaijan Grand Prix regardless of the numerous injury his automobile sustained on the primary lap of the race for what his race engineer known as “teamwork” causes.
Following his first-lap collision with Lance Stroll, RB informed Tsunoda to permit his crew mate to overhaul him, then left him on monitor as others tried to cross the RB. The crew even turned down a request from Tsunoda to make a pit cease on one lap.
Solely after Tsunoda lastly made his pit cease, and had fallen to the again of the sector, did RB select to retire his automobile. “I’m sorry if we didn’t name you in earlier,” mentioned his race engineer Ernesto Desiderio. “We have been attempting to do a little bit of teamwork.”
Tsunoda’s automobile was broken when Stroll tried to cross him at flip 4 on the primary lap of the race. Tsunoda averted shedding some other locations till the third lap, when Lando Norris and Nico Hulkenberg overtook him.
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The crew then informed him to let his crew mate Daniel Ricciardo previous, which he did. Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly overtook him on the identical lap.
However the Sauber pair, pursued by Esteban Ocon’s Alpine, have been unable to cross Tsunoda, whilst he misplaced over a second per lap to the automobiles forward.
By lap 10 the automobiles forward have been starting to make their pit stops and RB suggested Tsunoda he may need an opportunity to race Franco Colapinto. Nevertheless the Williams driver got here out of the pits a number of seconds forward of their automobile.
Tsunoda requested for a pit cease of his personal by this level however RB refused. They finally agreed on the twelfth lap, after additional entreaties from Tsunoda, however quickly after he returned to the monitor they informed him to pit once more to retire.
At this level RB revealed to Tsunoda they’d been “attempting to do a little bit of teamwork” by holding him on monitor regardless of his uncompetitive lap occasions as a result of injury.
Leaving Tsunoda’s automobile on monitor was probably a dangerous choice for RB. Final 12 months the crew (then often called AlphaTauri) was fined €5,000 (£4,400) after the stewards dominated they despatched Tsunoda’s automobile onto the monitor in an unsafe situation following his collision with crew mate Nyck de Vries in the course of the dash race.
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Tsunoda’s 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix radio messages
| Lap: 1/51 TSU: 2’03.649 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | Test there isn’t a injury from that. Rear proper. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Copy on it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Go mode seven whenever you go. DRS enabled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 2/51 TSU: 1’51.648 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Offset three. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Can go entry 9. We see a little bit of load offset on the rear ground. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 3/51 TSU: 1’53.328 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Yuki we’ve picked up a variety of injury. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | The fuck… | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Let Daniel go. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | Properly I nonetheless can race, no? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Yeah, We’re down on load loads. Let’s let Daniel previous. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | [Unclear] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Sure, please. Two automobiles cross Tsunoda on the best approaching flip one. |
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| Lap: 4/51 TSU: 1’53.997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | A automobile passes Tsunoda on the within at flip three. I hear you. |
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| Desiderio | Mode six, mode six. And offset 4 when you’ll be able to. Tsunoda runs broad at flip one. |
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| Lap: 7/51 TSU: 1’51.075 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | You’re doing a very good job with what we have now. Preserve doing that. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 8/51 TSU: 1’50.887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Multi B1 place seven. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 11/51 TSU: 1’52.485 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | May very well be combating Colapinto. He’s on pit exit now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | I would like to vary, I feel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Copy, Yuki, understood. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | This lap if it’s attainable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Adverse, unfavorable, keep out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Form 4 when you’ll be able to, form 4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | Mate, this lap, I don’t know. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Keep out. Keep out. Tsunoda is overtaken by a Sauber on the within approaching flip one. |
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| Lap: 12/51 TSU: 2’01.304 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | Mate… | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Multi B1 place one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Field, Yuki, field. Field field field field. Offset two within the pit lane. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 13/51 TSU: 2’11.939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | We’re combating Bottas on pit exit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lap: 14/51 TSU: 2’05.900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | The injury is simply too massive. We have to retire the automobile. I’m actually sorry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | So we field this lap. It’s irritating, I do know. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | And we field Yuki, field for retirement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsunoda | Is he below investigation, at the very least? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | Sadly, there isn’t a investigation, Yuki, in the mean time. I see it’s irritating. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Desiderio | I’m sorry if we didn’t name you in earlier. We have been attempting to do a little bit of teamwork. You will note how the automobile is whenever you soar out. Now we have a giant gap on the best sidepod. I’m actually sorry mate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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