Tsunoda might need had a number of harsher phrases to say to Hulkenberg if their paths crossed post-race, after the German tried an optimistic transfer down the within of the RB a number of laps later, locking up and clattering into his rival, sending Tsunoda skewing off observe and finally out of the race.
“The harm to the ground is simply an excessive amount of and yeah, undrivable, the harm was too large to maintain racing, that’s the principle factor,” the Japanese star mentioned afterwards.
“I haven’t seen the replay, however for positive I noticed him locking up into Flip 1 and I attempted to flee and tried to present the house as a lot as doable however he simply crashed into me so the race was just about, that was it – so an pointless transfer from him.”
It was a double blow for RB, as Tsunoda’s automobile was fitted with the one set of upgrades – thus the workforce had been bereft not simply of his presence within the race, however of any knowledge on how these new elements fared across the Temple of Velocity.
It additionally continued Tsunoda’s poor luck at Monza, following on from his failure to start out final yr, which means he has solely seen the chequered flag as soon as from 4 appearances right here.
