How Tsunoda's "P1" gamble was ruined by F1's red flag rules.
Tsunoda lost out under red flag conditions at Interlagos as rivals earned free tyre changes.
Nov 6, 2024
Ewan GaleOleg Karpov
Motorsport.com

"I think what we did, switching to extreme, that was good," explained Tsunoda. "Just the safety car and the red flag came out, that was the point that went very down. If the red flag didn't come out, probably I would, at some point, have overtaken a lot of cars and maybe [been] P1, but it just didn't come towards us."

Lawson also scored points as RB locks into a fight for sixth in the constructors' standings, albeit losing ground to double podium-scoring Alpine. Having stressed the importance of the result for the Faenza-based team, Tsunoda added: "It wasn't easy conditions. If you lose concentration, [it can have] a lot of consequence.

"I enjoyed the last stint, good fight with Oscar [Piastri]. I tried to be within 10 seconds. You know, could have done a lot of things wrong, but kept it clean and tried to score P7, which is good."

‘Tsunoda's "P1" gamble’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/t...ules/10671078/


‘A lot of things didn’t come towards us’ – Tsunoda on dropping from third to P7
3 Nov 2024
Formula One - Official Site (Video)

RB’s Yuki Tsunoda started the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in third place, but ultimately crossed the line on race day in P7.

‘Didn’t come towards us’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/a-...27756973332451


Yuki Tsunoda hails RB turnaround as he bags career-high F1 start in Brazil
3 Nov 2024
Taylor Powling
Motorsport Week

Yuki Tsunoda hailed RB’s turnaround as he secured his highest-ever starting position in Formula 1 with third place during a wet qualifying at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. “Yeah, very happy, obviously,” Tsunoda told media including Motorsport Week.

“At the same time, it’s going to be a long race. It’s going to be today as well, so I have to refocus. But definitely, overall, the team did a fantastic job, especially good turnaround from yesterday.”

“It just felt weird throughout the week so far, and we made a lot of changes to the car. I think it’s hard to compare between yesterday and today because of rain and dry, but I think the car got much better.”

‘Yuki Tsunoda hails RB turnaround’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2024/...art-in-brazil/


F1 - 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix Post-Qualifying Press Conference Transcript
03.11.24
FIA.com

Q: Congratulations, Yuki. Top three start here in São Paulo. Best career start, under incredibly difficult conditions. Just walk us through your session and the challenge of getting that perfect lap in those tricky conditions. Yuki TSUNODA: Yeah, it was very tricky. Certainly, I enjoyed it. I think we had a good pace from straightaway. Had a couple of mistakes, but yeah, had a bit of luck as well. I think overall as a team, including Liam as well, we did a really, really good job.

Q: Yuki, as a driver, how tough is it to balance that risk versus reward, especially when you're seeing other drivers crash, have incidents when you know the Grand Prix is just in a few hours, and that a big incident could eliminate you from even starting the race?

YT: Yeah, I mean, this track especially, probably is one of the trickiest tracks. Once you start building confidence and you try to over-push a little bit, you have massive consequences like we saw with multiple cars today. And I had one big moment, and luckily I was away from the barrier, but, yeah, it's certainly also the track you want to nail it. But, yeah, I feel much better than yesterday. The car felt good. I think we had a good pace in the rain as well, so it's a good place to start for today.

‘Best career start, under incredibly difficult conditions’;

https://www.fia.com/news/f1-2024-sao...nce-transcript


‘We did a very good job as a team’ – Tsunoda beaming after taking P3 on the grid in Sao Paulo
3 Nov 2024
Formula One - Official Site (Video)

RB’s Yuki Tsunoda put in a stellar performance to take third on the grid in a wet and chaotic qualifying session at Interlagos on Sunday morning.

‘Stellar performance’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/we...05842555879568


Russell and Norris fined, Tsunoda and Lawson escape penalty for aborted start
4 Nov 2024
Balazs Szabo
F1 Technical

Lawson and Tsunoda escaped any sanction as the stewards reckoned that "although the drivers breached the regulation this was influenced by the driver ahead of him and as such he was not predominately responsible for the breach. As such the stewards decide to take no further action having held the driver immediately ahead of him at fault."

‘Influenced by the driver ahead”;

https://www.f1technical.net/news/25777