RB driver Yuki Tsunoda says he “almost bought despatched again house” by customs officers when attempting to enter the US for this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Components 1 is racing in the US for the third time this season, following earlier occasions in Miami and Austin — the latter only a month in the past. Nevertheless, Tsunoda says he was questioned for various hours by border management, having confronted no points coming into the nation for earlier races.
“Fortunately they let me in after lots of discussions — I almost bought despatched again house,” Tsunoda mentioned. “However yeah, we had a dialogue and all the pieces’s all good now.
“I had the visas and all the pieces; it’s been the identical as I suppose the final three tracks, proper? I used to be in a position to enter easily for the earlier [races], so it felt a bit unusual that I bought stopped. Hopefully that may kind issues and sooner or later it can go easily.”
Tsunoda says his grasp of English made the state of affairs difficult as a result of he believed he wasn’t allowed his coach alongside him when being questioned, and couldn’t search assist from his RB group both.
“There was my physio I journey with; clearly when you might have a query or if you go to customs you go individually. Immediately I went to the room, he simply put me within the room and we had a dialog like, ‘Can I convey the person who I journey with and possibly he may also help a bit bit to elucidate a bit extra about myself and the state of affairs in Components 1?’ However they didn’t permit me to convey that good friend and even name anybody.
“I wished to name the group as nicely or Components 1, possibly an individual that may assist me, however in that room you’ll be able to’t do something, so simply [on your own].”
