“Total although we’re not fast sufficient to be preventing with the fellows we should be preventing with. Clearly that’s robust, we misplaced lots of factors. It’s a monitor that’s been robust for us additionally final yr. I believe we’ve made massive steps this yr however some extra to be taken.”
It was a equally disappointing race for his crew mate Yuki Tsunoda who crossed the road simply forward of Lawson in P13, that means that RB left Qatar with zero factors whereas their closest rivals Alpine and Haas each had a driver within the high 10.
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Tsunoda defined: “I had begin which I used to be aiming for. I knew the beginning was the one alternative and to be trustworthy, after that it was fairly disastrous. I didn’t count on that a lot of a nasty tempo and I simply gave it the whole lot, but it surely wasn’t sufficient in any respect.
“I’ll need to reset. Need to be taught for the long run… To be trustworthy, final yr was additionally the same factor so we now have to revise or undoubtedly look by means of what’s taking place right here to make it higher.”