Yuki Tsunoda admitted he was left pissed off with himself after “making an attempt to be a hero,” which led to a expensive crash in F1 qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Tsunoda was compelled to begin from the pit lane at Imola on Sunday following a scary rollover crash in Q1.
Heading into the Villeneuve chicane, Tsunoda took an excessive amount of kerb and spun off into the limitations.
After the preliminary contact with the barrier, Tsunoda’s automotive flipped over, making it a scary rollover shunt.
Till then, Tsunoda had proven respectable tempo at a monitor he’s conversant in, given Racing Bull’s intensive testing on the Italian circuit.
Tsunoda finally got here away with tenth, giving Crimson Bull a further level within the constructors’ championship.
Reflecting on his crash in qualifying, Tsunoda conceded he’ll modify his method in future races.
“To be trustworthy, the one-lap tempo was fairly good,” Tsunoda mentioned. “Till FP2 particularly I used to be fairly shut with Max, and in FP3 I didn’t have a lot alternative to have any laps.
“I had a fairly okay confidence [going] into the Qualifying, and that made it even worse with myself, that I most likely made an excessive amount of expectation to myself. I attempted to be a hero within the first lap in Q1, which is de facto pointless.
“It’s simply these issues that I’ve to step again and rethink about it, and do higher subsequent time, for positive.”
Tsunoda joyful to repay Crimson Bull with some extent
The intensive crash injury meant it was an extended evening for the Crimson Bull mechanics.
Tsunoda was happy to depart Imola with no less than some extent to reward the mechanics for his or her exhausting work.
“Yeah, no less than I’m joyful that I gave one thing to the workforce, particularly with the quantity of labor they put in a single day, the mechanics – it was huge,” Tsunoda mentioned.
“I’m okay that I no less than gave one thing, however on the identical time it was very irritating nonetheless from the final Qualifying… I couldn’t actually sleep a lot final evening. Anyway, I’ve to maneuver on and it’s what it’s. I’m nonetheless okay that I gave one thing to the workforce.”