Yuki Tsunoda was pleased with his 2023 performances overall despite some of the mistakes he did, while recalling some high points.
In his third year in F1, AlphaTauri’s Tsunoda came of age. The Japanese put in some solid performances throughout the year, even though there were moments which brought his old self back. Overall, he kept his nose clean in most occasions to score well.
Personally too, Tsunoda felt good with his performances as he was more consistent than before. “I’m pretty happy with my performance,” he said. “The first half especially was pretty consistent. There were no reliability issues or anything. There were a few things which made us have a bad step in terms of points.
“In Monaco I was comfortably driving P9 and the brake issue happened. We just didn’t have pace after that. There were a couple of really really good races even considering the performance we had from the car. The second half was better and better. At the same time the reliability issues started to get quite a lot, Las Vegas and everything.
“Some bad luck this season, probably more towards the second half. At the same time, at least for myself and my performance, I want to drive consistently each race, consistently good. So this is a positive and obviously there is still more room to improve, for myself as well, to be even more consistent.
“I think I still had a couple of big mistakes in the second half. So far it is okay,” summed up Tsunoda, who pointed out some of the races where he felt he did well when asked of his highlights of the season. “I think Texas was good,” he said. “There was a bit of damage to my car as well. I was able to finish P10.
“First half of the season for example, Saudi. The think the car didn’t have the pace to be top 10 and I was driving P10. unfortunately I lost the P10 in probably the last 2 laps. That was pretty tough. Also Barcelona was a good race as well. Maybe those three I would say if I remember clearly. Those races,” summed up Tsunoda.
Here’s F1 2023 teams’ tier order: https://formularapida.net/f1-2023-teams-categorised-in-tier-system-for-their-performances/
Here’s F1 2023 drivers’ tier order: https://formularapida.net/f1-2023-drivers-categorised-in-tier-system-for-their-performances/
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