Yuki Tsunoda is about to assist Daniel Ricciardo in qualifying after it was confirmed that the Japanese driver would take a grid penalty on the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix that may see him begin in the back of the grid.
Visa Money App RB haven’t fairly been prime of the midfield this weekend – each drivers have been very promising in each Sector One and Sector Three, however their instances have been compromised by RB being the worst performing automotive in Sector Two. Tsunoda hasn’t been notably fast this weekend thus far, and was six tenths behind Ricciardo in Free Follow One and over 4 tenths behind the Australian in Free Follow Two.
Tsunoda is hoping for rain on Saturday in qualifying, however has admitted no matter occurs, he’ll be attempting to assist Ricciardo try to get into a very good place for the race on Sunday with the group concentrating on staying in sixth within the Constructors Championship.
Chatting with Will Buxton (quotes through PlanetF1) Tsunoda stated: “Usually we carry out properly within the rain. For now, I favor rain, however any situation, I’ll simply concentrate on what I may help for Daniel — slipstreaming or no matter.”
Tsunoda additionally revealed he had some points together with his VCARB01, which is perhaps the rationale for the deficit to Ricciardo in each Free Follow periods. Fortunately the group will have the ability to discover the difficulty within the closing hour of apply on Saturday morning.
“I feel it was fairly tough, particularly for our facet of the storage. We discovered the difficulty, particularly the place we’re missing the place we’re in comparison with different automobiles, together with the opposite facet of the storage. Hopefully we are able to restore that for tomorrow.”
