Guillaume Dezotou, Head of Vehicle Performance at Scuderia AlphaTauri, said he was delighted to be able to push his teammate Pierre Guthrie this season, when Yuki Tsunoda entered his second season in F1. He said he made a big step forward.
Yuki Tsunoda has made a good start in the 2022 season and is currently in 15th place (11 points) in the Drivers’ Championship, 5 points behind his teammate Pierre Guthrie. At the same time last year, Yuki Tsunoda scored 9 points and Guthrie scored 40 points during the rookie season.
Regarding the area where Yuki Tsunoda seems to have improved this season, Guillaume Dezoto said, “Yuki has taken a big step compared to last year. He has more experience, knows trucks, knows engineers and mechanics. So the relationship is constantly improving. “
“I think it’s a very difficult and challenging championship for young drivers. There are few test opportunities. Winter tests are very busy and there are many goals to purely understand the car, so it’s time for the driver. It’s hard to break and learn about cars. “
“I think this will be a little more comfortable for rookie drivers to discover trucks and cars. He’s certainly done a lot since last year and is now more consistent and feedback. Has been greatly improved and the engineer understands what it takes to make him faster, and he’s getting closer to Pierre, which is very positive as Pierre also pushes. I’m really happy with the situation now. “
Last year, Scuderia AlphaTauri was fifth in the Constructors’ Championship for Silverstone with 48 points, but this season it is seventh with 27 points.
However, Guillaume Dezoto believes that Scuderia AlphaTauri has a better car than the total points suggest, and the combination of “bad luck” and “miss” is behind the “difficult” start of the season. Claims to be a factor in.
“The start of the season was difficult,” said Guillaume Dezotou.
“The pace of the car is definitely more valuable than the points so far. I had a lot of bad luck in the first three races of the season. Almost every race I can do with a safety car right after the pit stop. not much”
“I had a strong weekend in Imola, and so did in Miami. I made a lot of mistakes, but it was generally competitive. Barcelona was challenging. Road conditions, very hot road temperatures. Wasn’t very suitable for our package and it needs to be improved. “
“Since Monaco … the car has shown excellent performance in winding low speed corners and has a very good mechanical grip. We have found a way to make the car comfortable.”
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