How Tsunoda and Verstappen’s towers compare themselves on the first day of eye work in Japan

It is fair to say that, when the long -awaited beginnings of Yuki Tsunoda with Red Bull were previewed before the Japanese Grand Prix, the expectations were low. The previous track time in a car known to be a particularly delicate customer does not tend to offer a lot of confidence, but the hero of the house seemed to have settled relatively quickly while the one hour FP1 chronometer has passed.

In this case, Tsunoda put an end to the session at a tenth behind Max Verstappen, with an impressive turn of rhythm. It was not an explosion on a new set of softs compared to a worn set for Dutch; The two had made their fastest first session laps with soft tires at a comparable level of wear and at a similar moment in the procedures.