Helmut Marko: Tsunoda had speed, but he was wrong
Yuki Tsunoda confidently spent his first race weekend with Red Bull Racing, but showed only the fifteenth time in qualifying. Against the background of Max Verstappen's team-mate, who will start from pole position, Yuki's result looks particularly unconvincing.
Helmut Marko, Red Bull's motorsport consultant, believes that if it hadn't been for the mistakes made, Tsunoda would have reached the qualifying finals.
"Yuki had speed,– Marko commented on the result of the Japanese racer on the Austrian ORF TV channel. Unfortunately, he made a mistake in the first corner, and then made another mistake during the lap. Otherwise, he would definitely have been in the finals of the qualification.
It's going to be difficult for him to score points, but we'll see what the weather turns out to be like. If a safety car hits the track or something unusual happens, and it happens at the right moment for us, then I think Tsunoda will have a chance to finish in the top ten."
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Helmut Marko, Red Bull's motorsport consultant, believes that if it hadn't been for the mistakes made, Yuki Tsunoda would have reached the qualifying finals.