2023-12-03 12:49:42
Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner praised Hiroki Tsunoda’s F1 Abu Dhabi GP performance. He said it was the best race of the season for Tsunoda in 2023. Hiroki Tsunoda adopts a one-stop strategy at Yas Marina and leads a Grand Prix for the first time during the pit stop cycle from lap 18 to 22 as AlphaTauri looks to wrest seventh place in the constructors’ championship from Williams did.
Yuki Tsunoda ended up finishing eighth, but it wasn’t enough to catch Williams as the only driver to finish inside the top ten with a one-stop strategy. In the end, the fight for seventh place was fruitless, but improvements by both team and driver in the final stages of the season caught the eye of Horner, with Yuki Tsunoda entering his fourth season with AlphaTauri in 2024. “He did a great job, especially with the first stop,” Horner told the media. “He obviously took very good care of his tires. With that strategy, he had very strong pace. I think it was definitely his best race of the year.” Hiroki Tsunoda became the only driver to score points for AlphaTauri as Daniel Ricciardo endured a more difficult Grand Prix. “Daniel had a tear in his brake duct and I think that affected the race,” Horner added. “But it’s great that Yuki and Franz (Tost, AlphaTauri team principal) led the Grand Prix in the last race. Well done.”
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