Crew mate Yuki Tsunoda, in the meantime, had his work lower out for the race in Belgium after ranging from the again of the grid owing to engine penalties. The Japanese driver opted for a one-stop technique and ended the occasion in seventeenth, which subsequently turned sixteenth following Russell’s disqualification.
Talking after the race, Tsunoda joked: “Contemplating I began from Zandvoort, I feel ending up P17 shouldn’t be unhealthy! However yeah, all race we didn’t have tempo total.
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“Looks as if there’s one thing within the automobile, from what I heard from the engineer. I didn’t hear actual suggestions but, however hopefully we are able to kind it out, as a result of all through the week I used to be struggling quite a bit with the automobile and the whole lot.
“Additionally [the] technique didn’t work, however yeah, ranging from that place [we] needed to do one thing [to] gamble but it surely didn’t repay. Hopefully fundamental precedence is simply to study one thing from this race, particularly [because] I needed to ensure our automobile is all aligned as a result of it wasn’t. I don’t assume it’s nonetheless totally mounted but, earlier than Zandvoort hopefully we are able to kind out the whole lot.”
For now, Tsunoda’s focus is on utilizing the summer season break to prepared himself for the races forward within the second portion of the 12 months.
“I feel simply relaxation, I might say,” he stated of his plans. “Relaxation and clearly put together for the second half of the season, for the bodily facet as nicely.”