MIAMI, Florida — After what he referred to as “poor communication” noticed him qualifying in P18 for Saturday’s F1 Dash race on the Miami Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda is about to start out from pit lane after Pink Bull modified the suspension of his automobile after the qualifying session.
Tsunoda solely posted an preliminary push lap in SQ1 and was within the drop zone forward of his second effort. However as he was headed to the beginning/end line to start that last push lap on the finish of the session he was behind teammate Max Verstappen, who slowed down when he realized he didn’t must go once more.
That triggered Tsunoda to sluggish, and he didn’t get to the beginning/end line earlier than time expired, which means he was the primary to take the checkered flag, and was out in SQ1.
“A whole lot of vehicles value my lap quite a bit,” mentioned Tsunoda to the official F1 channel after the session.
“First lap … yeah, to be sincere that’s it. Within the final nook I had fairly a lock-up, however to be sincere the lap was fairly gone already from Flip 1 due to the automobile at pit exit. Simply [wasn’t] capable of do a correct lap in any respect, in order that’s it.
“Communication is fairly poor as properly and, simply on the whole, I didn’t [do] a correct Qualifying.”
As for whether or not he can battle to the entrance in right now’s session, Tsunoda tempered expectations, earlier than the suspension adjustments had been made requiring a pit lane begin.
“It’s fairly far again,” he mentioned on Friday. “I’ll strive my greatest clearly, something can occur at this observe. I hold optimistic and I’ll do my greatest.”
What might be an element right here in Miami is the climate. It has been raining on and off all through the morning, and the F1 Academy qualifying session is operating in slick circumstances, with some drivers utilizing the moist tire compound. That might give Tsunoda an opportunity to maneuver ahead if the chance strikes.
