Yuki Tsunoda takes blame for first Red Bull crash

ꦓYuki Tsunoda admits driver error was behind his crash during FP2 in Saudi Arabia.

Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda has held his hands up for his crash during second practice at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The Japanese driver, who was promoted to Red Bull to replace the struggling 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson just two races into the 2025 F1 season, clipped t🐼he inside wall at the final corner and was sen🌄t into the barriers on the outside.

It marked his first crash for Red Bull in just his thirꦛd outing for the team since earning promotion from their sister 𒉰Racing Bulls team.

Tsunoda took full responsibility for the accident, admitting it was simpl💛y his mistake.

"Just turn🤪ing too much and clipped the inside wall and just hꦰad damage,” Tsunoda explained to F1TV.

"After that, just no control. Apologies t🥀o the team, things were looking go♔od, so it's a shame.”

Tsunoda’s crash came💫 during the race-simulation runs during the closing stages of the more representative FP2 in Jeddah.

Despite the accident, Tsunoda was encouragingly close to Red Bull teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen, who was third fastest.

Tsunoda ended up sixth quickest, around 🎉four te🌄nths behind Verstappen.

"The quaꦡlifying [simulation] lap was pretty good. I was a bit compromised with the [tyre] warm-up, but so far pretty okay,” he added.

"I had a limited time on the long ♛run which I caused by myself [with the crash] so I can't really complain. It's not definitely not how I wanted to end up, that's for sure.

"The short runs are okay, I just compromised a bit with t💦he warm💞-up, so there's a bit more [lap time] there.”

Yuki Tsunoda will ‘slap himself on the head’

Analysing the crash, Sky Sports F1’s K♈arun Chandhok said Tsunoღda will be annoyed with himself.

"It's an annoying one. You slap yourself on the handꦅ because you really shouldn't have done it,” Chandhok said.

Fellow Sky Sport⛄s F1 pundit Jamie Chadwick ad🍃ded: "He's going to be kicking himself.

“It's such a small and somewhat unnecessary mistake. He was not pushing that hard. It doesn't feel like he needed to make that erroꦿr.” 

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