has apologised to his Pink Bull crew after an “pointless” and “silly” crash in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which can see him begin tomorrow’s race from the again of the sphere.
The Japanese driver crashed through the first a part of qualifying in Imola after shedding management of his RB21 and making heavy contact with the within wall.
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Tsunoda was taken to the medical centre for precautionary checks and was launched earlier than qualifying concluded.
As soon as cleared by the on-site docs, the Japanese driver took duty for the “pointless” incident.
“Yeah, I am simply actually silly… pushing like that,” Tsunoda stated. “I imply, that is very laborious and [we] made numerous modifications to the automobile. So, you already know, pushing that onerous with out understanding sufficient in regards to the automobile and simply… yeah.
“[It was] simply very pointless, pushing that onerous within the early levels.”
Yuki Tsunoda, Pink Bull Racing
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Because the mud settled on his violent crash, Tsunoda stated the very first thing he felt was “very ashamed, disillusioned, pissed off”.
The incident marked the racer’s first accident in a Q1 session in 4 years, after he crashed in Q1 in Imola on the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Now, his crew of mechanics will likely be left with an extended restore job with the intention to get Tsunoda’s RB21 able to line up on the grid for tomorrow’s grand prix.
“I have not talked with them but, however the one factor I can do is apologise to them,” Tsunoda added.
“Clearly, [the car] has huge injury, so the mechanics must do numerous work. And hopefully the automobile will likely be prepared tomorrow – but it surely’s very pointless for them.”
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In stark distinction to Tsunoda’s fortunes in qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, team-mate traces up second for the race, simply behind the of .
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