Yuki Tsunoda spoke about his enthusiasm for the 2023 Round 2 Saudi Arabian GP. Despite qualifying for Q2 in the opening round, Scuderia AlphaTauri struggled with pace and managed to get into DRS range for Alexander Albon in the last few laps of the race, but not enough tire life to keep their rivals on their toes. However, he did not win a prize, placing 11th.
“Looking at the weekend in Bahrain, it’s clear that our performance, especially as we aim to be at the front of the midfield, is far from where we wanted to be in the first race,” said Yuki Tsunoda. talk. “We still need to find more performance out of the car. We were able to make a step forward from Friday to Saturday and it was nice to get into Q2. In the end the pace is not consistent enough to get into Q3. “Last year we were competing with Williams for 9th and 10th place in the constructors. That means we have to concentrate on developing the car. For me, I want to get as much performance out of the car as possible. It means we have to pull it out and I think we did it in Bahrain on Sunday.”I know where we are struggling but hopefully we can do better than in Bahrain this weekend in Saudi Arabia. I think we pushed ourselves to give the team as much useful feedback as possible and see what happens from there, because I think the high speed of the circuit in Saudi Arabia is a better fit for our package. , let’s see how it goes.” “It was definitely very beneficial to have a day at the Pirelli test just after Bahrain. It’s a big advantage to do it early in the season rather than at the end of the year. Because from a driver’s point of view, the more laps you do in the early part of the season, the more you can understand your car and your set-up. A day of driving for Pirelli testing right after Bahrain was very helpful as it allowed us to spend more time in the car, which is more beneficial at the beginning of the season than at the end of the year. From a driver’s perspective, having more mileage at the beginning of the season will give you better results as it gives you a chance to get to know the car and its set-up better. and ran almost full speed all day!” “Last year, the weekend in Saudi Arabia did not go well at all. Various technical problems prevented me from driving on Saturday and even starting the race on Sunday. I think it’s a fun track to drive.It’s very unique, especially in Sector 1, which has a particularly fast S-curve.It’s a track that’s unique to Saudi Arabia and you won’t find it on any other track on the calendar.” It was, and in the 2021 qualifying round it was No. 8. It was very frustrating because I had so much fun with my hands. The reliability of this year’s machine has been good so far. In testing and in the first race, we had no major issues and I am confident and looking forward to driving all the sessions from Friday to Sunday this year.”
