Within the face of the post-season Pirelli tyre check, Pink Bull’s efficiency engineer Ben Waterhouse has revealed that Yuki Tsunoda carried out precisely how Pink Bull had anticipated from the Japanese driver.
Regardless of being a part of the Pink Bull Junior Programme and having pushed older Pink Bull F1 automobiles throughout demonstration runs, Tsunoda has by no means accomplished a correct check of any sort for the Pink Bull F1 outfit. Tuesday’s post-season Pirelli tyre check on the Yas Marina Circuit noticed the Japanese driver get behind the wheel of a present Pink Bull F1 machine for the very first time.
The Sagamihara-born driver racked up a complete of 127 laps, of which his quickest lap was a 1m24.689s. Reflecting on his day, Tsunoda stated that he felt himself snug behind the wheel of the Pink Bull.
The opposite Pink Bull RB20 was piloted by Isack Hadjar, who completed second within the F2 standings behind Sauber-bound Gabriel Bortoleto. The French driver notched up a complete of 125 laps, posting a finest time of 1m24.632s.
Pink Bull’s Head of Efficiency Engineering, Ben Waterhouse defined that Tsunoda and Hadjar delivered through the single-day tyre check what the Milton Keynes-based outfit had anticipated from them.
“It has been a extremely productive day. Each automobiles ran reliably to finish greater than 250 laps and the entire crew continued to function on a extremely excessive stage after such a protracted season.
“We had Yuki in our automotive for the primary time and Isack driving RB20 once more following his current outing in FP1 on the race weekend. We efficiently accomplished the precedence check objects on each automobiles with each drivers performing to a really excessive stage and delivering precisely what we anticipated from them.
“Yuki supplied wonderful suggestions on the varied checks carried out on the 2025 Pirelli tyres providing useful perception on the tyre adjustments Pirelli will introduce for subsequent 12 months, whereas Isack did an ideal job efficiently accomplished all of the procedural aero checks within the morning earlier than performing each lengthy and brief runs evaluating a spread of check objects within the afternoon.
Waterhouse continued: “The info gathered at present will now be analysed in additional element again on the manufacturing unit in Milton Keynes and this information plus that gathered over the course of the season will assist outline additional efficiency enhancements for 2025.
“Large due to the entire crew right here and in Milton Keynes and Sakura and we now have to get better from the season after which a giant push over the winter to carry additional efficiency positive aspects to RB21 with the intention of combating for each Championships subsequent 12 months,” Waterhouse concluded.
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