Tsunoda sounds the alarm: Red Bull faces 'big' issue in Brazil GP

21:14, 08 Nov

byNorberto Mujica

After both Red Bull Racing cars got knocked out in Q1 during qualifying for the Brazil Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda has claimed Max Verstappen was using the Japanese driver's set up.

"I feel clearly better in the car but another issue came out which seems like it's quite big."

- Yuki Tsunoda.

Verstappen and Tsunoda, found themselves struggling with an unresponsive RB21, which the Dutch driver claimed to have been forced to "under drive" to achieve the best possible lap time. The lack of performance was so comprehensive it saw both Red Bull drivers exit in P16 and P18 respectively.

Speaking after the session, when asked to confirm if Verstappen had used the same set up as the Japanese driver, he said: "He did.

"A couple of things we had to change. In the Sprint race we thought it was a good idea to make the car better. A couple of things [were changed], he also took parts that I was using."

Max Verstappen finished P16 in the Brazil GP qualifying. Photo: RacePictures.

Tsunoda then denied his set up had anything to do with both Red Bull cars being knocked out in Q1 in Sao Paulo, stating the team are facing a "big" issue.

"No, I do not want to blame my setup because I think the setup was okay which is the main thing. Because we were able to make the tyre work, I think.

"From our side of the garage we were able to make some good amount of steps in terms of parts we changed since the Sprint race, and I feel clearly better in the car but another issue came out which seems like it's quite big."

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