Yuki Tsunoda is focusing firmly on delivering on observe whereas Crimson Bull continues to evaluate his seat going into 2026. This comes because the Japanese driver narrowly missed out on Q3 throughout qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix.
Requested the place he stood on the feedback from crew principal Laurent Mekies and adviser Helmut Marko, who stated they are going to be taking their time making a choice about the way forward for his seat, he replied: “I do not know if it is happier or not, to be sincere, however I simply preserve performing and I imply, Sainz goes to drop P5, I do not understand how a lot place he will drop. However yeah, I believe I am beginning with P10, so I’ll take it.”
The Crimson Bull driver was aggressive in his driving on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on Saturday. He fell wanting the highest 10, however will probably be promoted to tenth on the grid because of Carlos Sainz’s five-place grid penalty from america Grand Prix.
“Yeah, this time I used to be fairly near Max [Verstappen] constantly all through the qualifying. I used to be two tenths off from Max, which in a standard state of affairs I’d have been in Q3, however most likely as a crew we struggled just a little bit at tempo till Q2 not less than to date. So yeah, that is it.”
Yuki Tsunoda, Crimson Bull Racing
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The 25-year-old, much like his team-mate who will begin fifth in Sunday’s race, struggled with low mechanical grip.
“No, I imply, I believe me and Max struggled with the identical factor. I believe he was combating the grip. Additionally identical as me as properly, particularly simply mechanical grip, particularly simply struggling. And with this sort of state of affairs, it’s extremely delicate to warm-up as properly. However anyway, not less than it was not a foul lap I had in Q2, however simply this time, I believe I…we struggled a bit.”
Speaking to Sky Germany, Marko was pleased along with his driver’s efficiency.
“I hope the pattern continues, and with a high 10, he then has an excellent probability of scoring factors,” he stated.
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