Yuki Tsunoda underwent a frustrating conclusion of Friday training after having crushed his Red Bull in the last stages of FP2.
And it is an incident that was analyzed in more detail by the triple winner of the Indycar race, Kyle Kirkwood, who discovered a quirk of design of the Circuit of the Corniche of Jeddah struck by Tsunoda who, according to him, institutes the crash.
Yuki Tsunoda Saudi GP Crash: wall design to blame?
Contesting his third Grand Prix with Red Bull in Saudi Arabia after intensified to replace Liam Lawson, the Tsunoda race weekend took a hit – with his Bull RB21 Red Bull – when he hit the inner wall in the last corner, breaking the front steering arm and sending it to the opposite wall.
An incident that took place in the blink of an eye after this little judgment, Kirkwood analyzed the images in depth and discovered “many sharp articulations” in the construction of this wall, thinking that he had therefore found the answer to what stopped Tsunoda.
Writing on X, Kirkwood posted: “Want to emphasize that if you look carefully, you can say that the corner is made up of 10 -foot flat walls (ISH) which have many sharp joints where they connect.
“He (tsunoda) has perfectly struck one of the joints.
“If it was a smooth or hit wall in a flat part, it is probably not an accident.”
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Tsunoda apologized to his Red Bull team after the incident.
“I turn too much and cut the inner wall and just had damage,” he thought.
“After that, quite simply no control. Excuse to the team; Pace was fine, so it’s a shame.”
And Red Bull’s main advisor Helmut Marko comforted, declaring that the 24 -year -old has become unlucky.
“In the only round, he was driving with a different configuration to see what direction to go,” Marko revealed to the media, including Planetf1.com.
“I think it was unlucky that he hit the wall inside, then it was only a passenger. I hope they are not too much damage. The speed is correct. The accident is unlucky.”
Tsunoda’s incident ending the competitive FP2 race, he ended the P6 session, four tenths and three positions behind the teammate of Red Bull Max Verstappen.
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