AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was surprisingly harsh on himself as he reflected on his debut performance that saw him labelled as the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:"best roo♑ౠkie Formula 1 has had for years”. 

Following his rapid rise up the single-seater ladder, the 20-year-old Japanese racer impressed on his F1 bow in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix as he became the 65th driver to score points on his debut, and the first sin🦩ce Stoffel Vandoorne at the same track in 2016. 

Although he failed to join his teammate Pierre Gasly in progressing to Q3 on the Medium tyre, Tsunoda charged from his P13 grid slot to finish ninth at the chequered flag with a performance that justified the hype surrounding his arrival in F1 after a sole season in Formuꦚla 2. 

But when asked in the drivers’ press conference ahead of this weekend’s Emiliౠa Romagna Grand Prix to score his debut performance out of 10, Tsunoda replied: “Five I would say.” 

Speaking exclusively to wuqian0821.com earlier on Thursꦓday, Tsunoda explained in detail why he had left Bahrain with “mixed feelings” after what appeared to be an incredibly accomplished start to life in the sport. 

“Of course I was happy but there was a lot of things I learned in the race weekend,” he said. “I was aiming for a more high position in the r🌄ace to be honest.

“When I see the Q1 performance, the car was there🗹 already and I would say top five or top six was possible. So I didn’t feel fully happy. I just analysed the data a lot to prepare for Imola and I also think ‘how can I improve?’ꦫ So it was really mixed feelings.” 

After delving into the data from his maiden race, Tsunoda is confident he can turn in an even bett🌄er showing this weekend a🌺t a track he tested at regularly as he prepared for his rookie F1 campaign over the winter, with AlphaTauri taking advantage of Imola being just a short drive away from its Faenza base. 

“I’m really loo🐟king forward for Imola especially,” he continued. “I drove here a lot at the beginning of𒊎 the year, so I don’t have to focus too much on the driving. 

“I can focus on other things like [what] I learned in the Bahrain race. So I’m looking forward to use that experience and try new things f❀or this week.” 

Tsunoda, who is aiming for his first Q3 appearance at Imola, revealed the biggꦉest takeaways from his first grand prix weekend and singled out two areas in particular where he feels he has plenty of work to do - starting with tyre warm-up preparation for a flying lap𝄹 in qualifying.

“For qualifying I would sa🦩y warm up and track positioning especially,” Tsunoda replied when asked where he felt he could imp🦩rove the most. 

“In Q2 we used two sets of M꧃edium tyres and the first set for me was normal, I felt okay. I just messed up a little bit my lap, a couple of laps I overshot just a little bit too much but actually it was a normal fe♊eling. 

“But on♐ the second set I felt less grip than the first set. And after the race weekend my engineers analysed the data and told me that the [tyre] warm up was not enough. 

“I was slowing down too much before the last corner to make the gap [to the cars] in front and that caused the tyres to get a little bit too cold, we think. That caused let grip and t𝐆hen I couldn’t perform well like I wanted to.” 

In the race itself, Tsunoda felt he paid the price for being overly cautious on the opening lap in Sakhir following a slow start that was in part ✱hampered by a minor engine issue in hꦗis Honda-powered AlphaTauri during the initial launch phase off the line.

“The main thing in the ꦑrace was the start,” he explained. “The initial start was not just my problem, there was also a littl🅠e bit of an issue in the engine, but also after the start my track positioning was horrible. 

“I lost two or three posiꦫtions in the first lap just with t🌄rack positioning. I was too cautious not to pick up any damage. Especially with it being my first race, I wanted to experience as much as possible and finish the race to have experience for the future. 

“But I think track positioning can be improved a lot, especially for Imola, as I know how others are going to move around in the first lap. I have the experience so I can go more aggressive than the first race 🧸for sure. So I will try to improve those parts especially to have a good step.” 

While he may have been too careful at the start, Tsunoda demonstrated that he isn’t afraid to pull off a🌳n outrageous lunge on some of the biggest names in the sport, including a bold pass on returning two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. 

Tsunoda ಞentertained throughout the race with a string of excel♔lent overtakes, culminating in a successful last-lap divebomb on Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin to snatch an extra point in P9.

“I was🐽 cautious in the first lap because I knew that If I don’t have anything damaged in the first lap, I have pretty good confidence that I can gain a lot of positions,” he said. 

“But after the first lap, I was nearly last, and I just had to gain the positions as much as possible. After thatꦛ I just trusted myself and do my driving style. 

“Naturally for me, the most strongest part is the braking and I just used that, especially overtaking a l𓆉ot of drivers. I think overtaking especially Fernando [Alonso], and [Lance] Stroll on the last lap, for me that was quite good and definitely I built up more confidence.”

Tsunoda ♍naturally faces a🍸 steep learning curve in F1 but if the early signs are anything to go by, it looks as though we have a real star on our hands.