Yuki Tsunoda did not have his day. Although the AlphaTauri Japanese reached Q2, he ended the session behind his teammate Nyck de Vries (in place 15). In addition, there was the slide at the beginning of Q1, in which Tsunoda immediately destroyed his tyres. In short, all was not well for the little Japanese for a while.

Afterwards, the Japanese also reported to the media, including GPblog, and an equally interesting and typical Tsunoda conversation unfolded.

"Yuki, can you tell us what happened [at that moment in Q1]?"
Tsunoda: "What should I think? I was screaming, wasn't I?"

"Yes, a little bit. At some point."
"Not too much, right?"

"No, not too much. A little bit."
"Yes. After I heard that [his on-board radio, as it was shown on TV], I felt more frustrated about my shouting. But yeah, so... The things I most want to improve, everything I was frustrated about, was left out."

"I think I had to give it my all, so yeah. In the end, I don't regret giving everything. And in the end I reached P11 [at that time], which was a pretty good place for us, so yeah. See how it goes tomorrow."