26/05/2025 06:30
Yuki Tsunoda has pointed the blame at himself after another disastrous weekend, this time in the Monaco Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver had shown some promise in the opening two practice sessions; however, he endured his latest nightmare after yet another Q2 elimination. Starting from 12th left Tsunoda with little hope of scoring any points, especially after being hit by Pierre Gasly in the opening laps. Tsunoda spent the entirety of the race stuck in a typical Circuit de Monaco train, before crossing the line in 17th. What did not help Tsunoda was the Racing Bulls' drivers working together, as did the Williams duo. Despite knowing games would be played, Tsunoda accepted he only had himself to blame for qualifying poorly and putting himself at risk of the midfield. "I mean, longest race ever," Tsunoda told select media, including RacingNews365 . "We had to try something. "In that position, probably we had to do something, especially the two teams ahead (Racing Bulls and Williams) having their two drivers. "I knew they were going to play some game. I just put myself in that situation, so just need to do better in qualifying." Qualifying badly was Tsunoda's real issue in Monaco, with his race pace having looked better in practice than it had in recent events. "The pace was okay," added Tsunoda. "To be honest, the qualifying was really, really messy. I knew it wouldn't be straightforward, it's Monaco. But yeah, I was pretty messy with everything." Tsunoda continued: "So anyway, positive is the pace was there until FP3, but yeah, very frustrating that I wasn't able to use it."
