Tsunoda on fight with Hamilton: 'I tried to copy Alonso'

Yuki Tsunoda has now started his third season in Formula 1 and is still with the AlphaTauri team. In Formula 1's Beyond the Grid podcast, the Japanese driver says he has already learned a lot from the other F1 drivers, especially Fernando Alonso.

At the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes made a mistake that dropped Lewis Hamilton all the way to the back of the field. This forced the Briton to overtake many drivers, including Alonso and Tsunoda. The seven-time world champion was soon ahead of the Japanese driver, but with the Spaniard, Hamilton had a lot of trouble.

In Turkey, Tsunoda and Hamilton met again, and this time the AlphaTauri driver took a different approach. "In Turkey there was another situation where I had to defend from Lewis. I tried to copy Fernando as much as possible and that time I was actually able to defend for eight laps from him," Tsunoda told the podcast.