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“Something felt completely wrong” — Tsunoda battled a damaged floor mounting bracket during F1 Spanish GP

After a less than ideal Sunday in Barcelona for Yuki Tsunoda, being forced to take an extra pit stop as RB went with a 3-stop strategy, the Japanese driver found himself finishing in 19th after a 5s time penalty was applied for speeding in the pitlane.  Speaking afterwards, the 24-year-old explained something did not feel right…

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Ricciardo admits RB doesn’t have “the pace with this current configuration” after double Q1 elimination ahead of F1 Spanish GP

RB had a disappointing showing in qualifying ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, with both Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo failing to make it past Q1.  Having recently found a second wind after a slow start to the season, the team has been on a consistent point scoring streak since Miami. Unfortunately, that looks set…

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“Our strength is my engineering group” — Tsunoda credits his RB F1 engineers for strong start to 2024 season

Ahead of the 2024 Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda was asked about his expectations from the car in the racing weeks ahead. F1 travels to Spain, Austria, Britain, Hungary and Belgium before the summer break. Tsunoda went on to explain that they are planning to run their car in quite a stiff way…

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Tsunoda laments the “mistake” that saw him spin out of the points at F1 Canadian GP: “It’s not the way I should finish”

RB driver Yuki Tsunoda took responsibility for a late mistake in the Canadian Grand Prix, where a lockup caused him to run wide and spin, ruining his chances for a points finish.  In the closing stages of the race, it looked like RB was on for a double-points finish in Canada, as both Tsunoda and…

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F1 | Canadian GP | Race | Max Verstappen masters Montreal to win wild race from Norris and Russell

The Saubers of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu started from pit lane. They changed to a different rear wing spec as they looked to take advantage of the wet conditions. RUS, VER, NOR, PIA, RIC, ALO, HAM, TSU, STR, ALB, LEC, SAI, SAR, MAG, GAS, PER, HUL, OCO was the final starting grid. 18 drivers…

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Tsunoda says confirmation of 2025 RB F1 deal “clears up my mind”

Confirmation came through just before qualifying on Saturday afternoon that Yuki Tsunoda would be staying with RB F1 for the 2025 season. The 24-year-old has had a brilliant to 2024, scoring 19 points and clearly outperforming teammate Daniel Ricciardo to date. The Japanese driver admitted it is a relief to know where he will be…

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F1 | Canadian GP | Qualifying | Russell on pole as Verstappen sets exactly the same time in thrilling Q3

Following a dry FP3, dark clouds started to appear as qualifying got underway in Montreal. Q1 Stroll, Norris, Verstappen and Russell all took turns at the top in the first half of the session. Russell’s 1:13.242 had him a tenth clear of Verstappen. Hamilton backed up his teammate, 0.201s slower away. Norris, Stroll, Alonso, Sainz,…

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Yuki Tsunoda extends his contract with VCARB F1 for 2025

Another seat in Formula 1 is officially taken for next year, with Yuki Tsunoda’s freshly announced contract extension. The Japanese driver has been with the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 team since his debut in the sport, this season being his fourth. As the statement claims, he is consistently “showing enormous progress to become…

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“My priority is Red Bull” — Tsunoda says RB F1 is his first choice for 2025 despite interest from other teams

Yuki Tsunoda has been starring with his excellent results since the start of the season, scoring important points, including his home race in Japan, for the RB team. And furthermore, outperforming his teammate Daniel Ricciardo by some margin — fourteen points and four positions in the Drivers’ Championship standings to be exact. However, with Sergio…

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