Tsunoda op jacht naar punten: ''Ik ben klaar er voor!''

"De laatste keer dat de soms wat opvliegerige Japanner"
Arme Yuki, zo jong en dan nu al in de overgang?

Hopelijk hebben ze de oorzaak kunnen vinden waarom ze door die updates langzamer werden en hebben ze het kunnen verhelpen. Ricciardo moet twee goede races rijden en dan zal hij Perez hoogstwaarschijnlijk na Spa vervangen. Zo niet ..... ???

Het was gisteren gezellig op het circuit. Tijdens de regen-, hagel- en onweersbuien
was het 29 graden, daarna weer 37! Kijk voor leuke foto's en video's (op IG beeld klikken)
op deze Hongaarse site:

formula(.)hu/f1/2024/07/17/ozonviz-csapott-le-a-hungaroringre-ujabb-karok-a-mclarennel

Voor Perez schijnt er alweer geen update beschikbaar te zijn volgens
de betrouwbare Dr. Obbs. Misschien nu wel de nieuwe vloer?

Dr Obbs
@dr_obbs
More information now starting to come in about the upcoming update to the RB20 for the #HungarianGP. Here is what I have heard,

🔴 only 1 upgrade will be available for FP and the race, and this will go on the title contender Max Verstappens car

🔴 from a lap time standpoint, this is the biggest update so far this year for the car. If all goes as per plan (simulation) this should be a good step for the car

🔴 I’m told the updates will be visual, and the aero kit will be visually noticeable. One person told me “it looks quite different.”

🔴 some of the focus of this update package is to again find gains in how the car uses the Tyres, which can be a differentiator in Hungary.

That’s what I know so far. If I hear more, I will pass it along.

https://x(.)com/dr_obbs/status/1813697876486169019

Off-topic, een gezellig stukje leesvoer om bij wakker te worden:

exclusive interview

McLaren boss Zak Brown: ‘Red Bull are scared of Max Verstappen’

Now fighting for race victories again, McLaren CEO Brown tells Kieran Jackson why he
feels the need to call out Christian Horner’s team – and the importance of ‘trust’
within a Formula 1 outfit

www.independent.co(...)appen-b2581287.html

Zet hem op Yuki!!
Ik heb echt sympathie voor dat mannetje en hoop dat zijn prestaties de komende twee wedstrijden zo zijn dat hij naast Max komt te rijden met een realistische begeleiding.
Zie het in de toekomst i.v.m. Honda echter somber voor hem in.

Van de redelijk betrouwbare Pit Debrief site (ze kondigden eergisteren
Ocon naar Haas al vóór de BBC aan):

Tsunoda has outqualified teammate Daniel Ricciardo 9-3 in the Grand Prix sessions this year, and he leads his teammate 20-11 in points. Following tricky events in Spain and Austria, the Japanese returned to good form at Silverstone as he managed to take a point and beat faster cars to it.

Asked if the next two events are massive due to the increased pressure on Sergio Pérez, the 24-year-old admitted that is the case.

“If the rumors are true, yes.

“But to be honest, like I said, I don’t know the exact situation around. To be honest, it’s probably the same as you guys. Less information than you guys probably.

“In the end, every race is very important. Like myself, the contract is not really fixed for many years.

“In the end, the same things are as usual, to be honest.”

Nonetheless, Tsunoda does not feel any extra pressure heading into Hungary and Spa, believing not knowing whether he had a future in the sport after a very difficult start to his rookie season in 2021 was worse.

“Let’s see, I don’t feel so much pressure or anything.

“Those things will probably naturally come with different situations. But, I mean, there are a lot more worse pressures than probably now.

“Probably now, it’s good pressure rather than bad pressure, if you compare the last three years, not knowing what you’re going to do next year. That’s worse.

“I mean, in the end, like I said, I’m very focused on the current Visa Cash App team and see how it goes.”

Liam Lawson ran in the RB20 at Silverstone last Thursday as the New Zealander ran in a filming day for the team.

During his spell replacing the injured Daniel Ricciardo at RB last year, Lawson impressed many, bagging points in Singapore following a superb run to Q3 in qualifying.

He beat Tsunoda on merit in Japan in the Grand Prix itself. However, the Japanese driver did win the qualifying head-to-head 4-1, and he was unlucky in the races in the Netherlands (strategy), Italy (DNS due to unreliability), and Singapore (taken out by Pérez).

Tsunoda admits he would find it very strange if Lawson gets picked over him for the Red Bull drive should Pérez be removed, considering the performances he has put in himself.

“If they choose Liam, that would be weird.

“I mean, for sure, Liam did a really good job when he drove in the team, but I think I did more than that.

“And we’ll see how it goes. In the end, they know how to manage the drivers.”