Yuki Tsunoda is about to assist Daniel Ricciardo in qualifying after it was confirmed that the Japanese driver would take a grid penalty on the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix that may see him begin in the back of the grid.
Visa Money App RB haven’t fairly been high of the midfield this weekend – each drivers have been very promising in each Sector One and Sector Three, however their instances have been compromised by RB being the worst performing automobile in Sector Two. Tsunoda hasn’t been significantly fast this weekend up to now, and was six tenths behind Ricciardo in Free Follow One and over 4 tenths behind the Australian in Free Follow Two.
Tsunoda is hoping for rain on Saturday in qualifying, however has admitted no matter occurs, he’ll be attempting to assist Ricciardo try to get into an excellent place for the race on Sunday with the staff concentrating on staying in sixth within the Constructors Championship.
Talking to Will Buxton (quotes through PlanetF1) Tsunoda stated: “Usually we carry out properly within the rain. For now, I choose rain, however any situation, I’ll simply give attention to what I may also help for Daniel — slipstreaming or no matter.”
Tsunoda additionally revealed he had some points along with his VCARB01, which could be the rationale for the deficit to Ricciardo in each Free Follow periods. Fortunately the staff will be capable to discover the problem within the remaining hour of follow on Saturday morning.
“I feel it was fairly troublesome, particularly for our facet of the storage. We discovered the problem, particularly the place we’re missing the place we’re in comparison with different automobiles, together with the opposite facet of the storage. Hopefully we will restore that for tomorrow.”
