Marko Hanželic
"Well done," is the team boss AlphaTauri, Franz Toast, after the race of messages to Yuki Tsunoda, who scored two points for ninth place in his debut and became the first rookie after Stoffle Vandoorn, who succeeded in the same place in 2016.
"I think I can be at least a little proud of how I drove this race," said a Japanese man who drove in 2018 in Formulas 4, a year later in Formulas 3, last year in Formula 2 and already this year in Formula 1. It is almost impossible to climb faster on the racing ladder and tsunoda showed in the first race that his meteoric rise and coincidence.
The boy from the Tokyo suburbs also showed his talent and maturity by overtaking Lanceja Stroll in the last round when he secured ninth place. "It was a late maneuver, but I told myself that if I didn't try, I wouldn't close my eyes all night, so I'm glad I went into it and ended up succeeding."
tsunoda He is satisfied with the result also because after many good times in training and also in the qualifications, where in the first part he was even just behind Max Verstappn, failed to crown the top ten. He admits that also because he is "Tried to copy" his experienced team colleague Gasly.
He did better in the race than his hands, which he also admits Franz tost: “We told him to just be careful not to damage the car in the first lap, and then to drive his race. He drove very well and took care of the abundance of the show with his daring overtaking. "
