Tsunoda vows to find answers at Red Bull as 'very hard' situation is highlighted by Austrian GP

The Japanese driver struggled at Red Bull's home race in what was a torrid weekend for the team.

Five-time winner in Spielberg, Max Verstappen, retired after just the first three corners due to an incident with Kimi Antonelli.

After starting from 18th, the race did not get much better for his teammate Tsunoda. At his first race in Austria as a Red Bull driver, Tsunoda collided with Franco Colapinto in a clumsy move at turn three.

The Japanese driver had poor race pace and ended the race last of all the runners, in 16th. Speaking after the race, Tsunoda apologised immediately to Colapinto, who also caused an incident which ended in a penalty.

"The collision with Franco is my bad obviously, the situation I was in, quite a poor move, but also massive apologies to the team how I ended up. And also by the same time, the pace itself was pretty poor as well," Tsunoda explained to GPblog and other media present in the Red Bull Ring paddock.

Tsunoda went on to explain that Red Bull's RB21 truly is a difficult car to get to grips with, as its characteristics seem to be difficult for drivers to manage.

Liam Lawson lasted two races with Red Bull at the start of 2025 before his demotion, highlighting the difficulties the Milton Keynes-based team faces.

"But especially the first few laps, it feels amazing. But the thing is, I feel like the car is chewing, or the tyre is just melting lap by lap, corner to corner. Whatever you do, it's melting every lap and feeling less grip lap by lap. That situation is very hard, obviously, to maintain the pace," he explained.

Tsunoda has a chance to bounce back at next week's British Grand Prix and will hope to put his Austrian disaster behind him as quickly as possible.