Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

Tsunoda praises ‘significant’ step taken by RB in F1 2024

by Sam Tomlinson
1 year ago
A A
0
Tsunoda praises ‘significant’ step taken by RB in F1 2024

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) RB VCARB 01. 22.03.2024. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Practice Day. - www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com © Copyright: Moy / XPB Images

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Yuki Tsunoda has been impressed by the ‘significant’ year-on-year development of the RB Formula 1 team following a first points finish of 2024 at the Australian Grand Prix.

Tsunoda secured a second consecutive Q3 appearance of the season after qualifying eighth in Melbourne before picking up the team’s first points of the year on Sunday.

The 23-year-old maintained eighth across the line on Sunday, but he was promoted to seventh place amid a 20-second time penalty for Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.

“The car felt good straight away from FP1,” Tsunoda said. “We knew that we just had to put it all together.

RelatedPosts

Mercedes has given the green light to a Max Verstappen pursuit

Mercedes CEO gives ‘green light’ to Max Verstappen F1 pursuit as Red Bull alternatives emerge

3 hours ago
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari. 03.07.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Preparation Day

The Charles Leclerc trait that Ferrari sees as a ‘quality’ and a ‘fault’

4 hours ago

“In the race, it wasn’t easy actually. A couple teams picked up the pace quite a lot, but we were able to maximise the performance and opportunities so I’m very happy and the team did a fantastic job.”

Tsunoda’s strong performance from the get-go in Albert Park asserted his position as RB’s lead driver following continued struggles for eight-time race winner Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo was unable to find the same performance from the VCARB 01 and found himself eliminated in Q1, and finishing Sunday’s race 12th.

The Australian was left bemused by his deficit to his team-mate on home soil, whereas Tsunoda continues to go from strength to strength behind the wheel of the team’s heavily redesigned challenger.

“Every race week, I’m just resetting myself,” said Tsunoda of his recent performances. “It’s a new race week, and at the same time, each track is performing a little bit differently, but actually our car is pretty consistent.

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) RB VCARB 01. 24.03.2024. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Race Day. – www.xpbimages.com, EMail: requests@xpbimages.com © Copyright: Coates / XPB Images

“I think the good thing is that we are pretty consistent in terms of performance that actually we didn’t have last year.

“We were kind of up and down last year, so that’s actually one of the strengths, but for myself, [I want to] just keep improving and try to fix the things I want to fix, and learn from previous races.

“We didn’t have any mistakes [in Australia], and this is very important for me and also for the team to have good confidence for upcoming races, and I think, especially after the new team [rebranding from AlphaTauri to RB], to have a clean race sounds easy, but it wasn’t easy for us. We are definitely improving race by race as a team significantly.”

Over the winter, the Faenza-based team underwent a major shakeup in team personnel, technical philosophy and nomenclature.

RB is now closer aligned with the lead Red Bull team, and began to inherit key components from the sister team in the latter stages of 2023.

The move has contributed to a stronger package at RB, with Tsunoda already noting that a significant step has been taken year-on-year.

“It’s just actually very impressive how our car is performing a lot differently compared to last year,” he said.

“Consistently, in a couple of corners, we are using a higher gear compared to last year’s car.

“We knew that last year’s off-season especially, we struggled a lot, so I think the team has done a significant job.

“I think the massive, massive work to improve ourselves, improve our car, the amount of upgrades we brought second half [of last year] was like almost every race, it’s definitely hard work that has paid off.”

Tags: AusGPF1RBYuki Tsunoda
Share200Tweet125Share

Related Posts

Taylor Barnard of Great Britain and NEOM McLaren Formula E Team prepares to drive in the garage during practice, ahead of the Berlin E-Prix, Round 14 of the 2025 FIA Formula E World Championship at Tempelhof Airport Circuit on July 13, 2025 in Berlin, Germany
Formula E

Taylor Barnard rejected McLaren IndyCar and WEC offers to continue Formula E journey

47 minutes ago
Mercedes has given the green light to a Max Verstappen pursuit
Formula 1

Mercedes CEO gives ‘green light’ to Max Verstappen F1 pursuit as Red Bull alternatives emerge

3 hours ago
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari. 03.07.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Preparation Day
Formula 1

The Charles Leclerc trait that Ferrari sees as a ‘quality’ and a ‘fault’

4 hours ago
Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Upcoming Races

#EventDate
13Belgian GP25-27 July
14Hungarian GP01-03 August
15Dutch GP29-31 August
16Italian GP05-07 September
17Azerbaijan GP19-21 September

Click here for the full 2025 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Oscar Piastri234
Lando Norris226
Max Verstappen165
George Russell147
Charles Leclerc120
Lewis Hamilton103
Andrea Kimi Antonelli63
Alexander Albon44
Nico Hulkenberg37
Isack Hadjar28

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Latest Articles

Mercedes has given the green light to a Max Verstappen pursuit
Formula 1

Mercedes CEO gives ‘green light’ to Max Verstappen F1 pursuit as Red Bull alternatives emerge

July 16, 2025
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari. 03.07.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Preparation Day
Formula 1

The Charles Leclerc trait that Ferrari sees as a ‘quality’ and a ‘fault’

July 16, 2025
Esteban Ocon (FRA) Haas. 10-13.07.2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood, England
Formula 1

Esteban Ocon: Haas 2025 results have aligned with promises prior to F1 move

July 16, 2025

Follow Motorsport Week

Join our daily motorsport newsletter

* indicates required

Motorsport Week

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • 2025 F1 Calendar
    • 2025 F1 Championship Standings
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2025 FE Calendar
    • 2025 FE Championship Standings
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
    • 2025 WRC Standings
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • IMSA
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd