02/08/2025 07:20
Yuki Tsunoda believes Red Bull could combine set-ups between his
car and that of team-mate Max Verstappen to fix the "core
limitation" at the Hungarian Grand Prix. In FP2, Tsunoda was ninth
fastest, and actually ahead of Verstappen in 14th, who branded his
car "undriveable" at the tight, twisty circuit. Red Bull's RB21
has been stronger on fast, flowing tracks this season, but was
decisively off the pace on Friday in Budapest, Tsunoda being over
eight-tenths slower than pace-setter Lando Norris. However, the
Japanese racer believes a combination of his and Verstappen's cars
could create a step forward for the team. "The balance itself is
not the main issue, and where we are struggling is that the grip I
should normally feel, [I am not]," Tsunoda explained. "It is where
we are lacking, but at least after FP1, there was a bit of a step
from that, so there are some positives, which is good, but overall,
as a team, we are struggling. "It is not an easy thing [to
change], we changed a lot of things in FP2, and I'm sure we can
take something from Max's car and my car and combine each other's
[set-up]. "But I feel like we have to find something, we have a
core limitation that we are missing, and we have to find it for
qualifying."
