Tsunoda disappointed in Monaco: The Red Bull driver's main issue

When the second man from the Austrian team analyses his day in Monaco, he comes to the conclusion at F1 TV: “As usual, a bit of traffic, obviously, a story here. But yeah, I think it's the same as everyone. You know, it's all up to almost like luck to get a lap.”

Tsunoda states that he couldn't manage even one fast lap in FP1, although he fared slightly better in the second session. In FP2, it was ‘alright’. But still, he discovered a significant problem: “I think at least I was able to read the limitation from the softs. But it's kind of similar to the limitation I had in FP1. I just don't feel much step from the soft in terms of grip so that's what I'm struggling at a little bit.”

On the medium tYres, Tsunoda again couldn't do a fast lap, precisely at that moment there was a red flag. The Japanese driver thus hopes that both Red Bull and he himself can make a step forward on Saturday. “I need a couple of turns more. I'm sure there's a bit of potential there so I'll try to squeeze that myself.”

“Just keep [doing] what I'm doing, build up the pace and hopefully I can play well to get in the qualifying,” Tsunoda said.

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