Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda said he was “excited” to get his rookie Formula One campaign underway after outperforming Lewis Hamilton and a clutch of other world champions at pre-season testing on Sunday.
The 20-year-old clocked the second-best time of the three-day session at Sakhir where the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix takes place on March 28.
Tsunoda set his best time of 1min 29.053sec from 91 laps in his AlphaTauri on Sunday, beaten only by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen’s 1:28.960.
“We’ve had a few small teething problems but that’s exactly what you’d expect from testing,” said Tsunoda.
“We’re here to work everything out so we have the best possible package available to us …
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