Scuderia AlphaTauri finished 11th with Yuki Tsunoda and 14th with Nick de Vries in the final round of the Saudi F1 Grand Prix 2023. Yuki Tsunoda was a lucky driver who made a pit stop when the safety car was introduced and moved up into the points range. However, he could not hold back the fast Alpine machine and dropped back to 10th. After that, he tried hard to score points, but in the end, Magnussen’s Haas showed overwhelming speed.
Nick de Vries is gaining experience with some fun moves towards the end.Jody Egginton (Technical Director) “Both drivers showed a solid race with consistent lap times. Their strategy was good, and the double stops during the use of safety cars worked well, allowing us to move up the order. The duo managed the medium tires well, enabling us to extend the first period and avoid losing time to our midfield rivals who had switched to the hard tyres. And thanks to the safety car, Yuki managed to joining the fight for the points. Yuki showed a fight for 8th place, but the Alps were faster, so he couldn’t continue. , he managed to battle with Magnussen for 10th place for most of the final stage, holding constant pressure until he was overtaken at the last minute and dropped to 11th, missing out on the points. the strategy didn’t manage to get him into the points, but he managed to move up from the start, fight well and set good lap times on both tyres. It’s frustrating to lose the points. team has shown some positive things. I’m looking forward to the upcoming aero updates, which will certainly improve our performance in the upcoming races.” Yuki Tsunoda (11th)” I finished the race in 11th. It’s very frustrating to lose 10th with 4 laps to go. The team did a great job and everything was perfect. On the medium tyres. The speed is quite strong, a big improvement from qualifying. I’m happy with what the team and I have done achieve, but at the same time I’m disappointed we didn’t score any points. We’ll come back stronger with the update to Melbourne We’re already switching to the next race and in Melbourne we’ll do our best to maximize our performance and continue to work hard to be in front of the midfield battle and be able to score points regularly. Nick de Vries (14th): “I didn’t do enough work today. I didn’t have the momentum from the start and the restart to win positions, especially when I got stuck in the DRS train. Couldn’t attack, control poor tires and push I found it difficult to get the balance and I couldn’t warm up the tires properly The speed was very good and consistent when I was chasing Guanyu Zhou in clean air on the end. Overall it was a positive step up from Bahrain. We just have to keep pushing.”
