{"id":148005,"date":"2025-11-22T11:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148005\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T11:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:16:14","slug":"red-bulls-big-mistakes-that-caused-yuki-tsunodas-las-vegas-q1-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148005\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull’s \u201cbig mistakes\u201d that caused Yuki Tsunoda’s Las Vegas Q1 exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Red Bull Formula 1 team has apologised for the \u201cquite big mistakes\u201d that led to Yuki Tsunoda<\/a>\u2019s costly Q1 exit at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Tsunoda will start the race in 19th<\/a>, joining Lewis Hamilton<\/a> on the back row, after struggling to cope with the tricky wet conditions around the street track in Vegas.<\/p>\n

That is compared to second for his world champion team-mate Max Verstappen<\/a>, but Red Bull has shouldered the blame for Tsunoda\u2019s result, insisting he wasn\u2019t at fault.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made quite big mistakes with his tyre pressures,\u201d said team boss Laurent Mekies. \u201cThese things obviously should not happen. Apologies to Yuki, he was in a good rhythm all weekend and it\u2019s really painful to take this chance away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is understood that Red Bull failed to adjust his tyre pressures, which would have been crucial because of the low-grip surface that drivers had to contend with in the cold night session.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tsunoda claimed that grip levels were the worst he had seen since joining F1 in 2021, adding that the visibility was \u201cterrible\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Yuki Tsunoda, Red Bull Racing Team<\/p>\n

Photo by: Glenn Dunbar \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old was even left bewildered by his struggles, especially when he previously felt comfortable on the wet tyre but did not have the same feeling in Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn’t expect to use the extreme tyres,\u201d said Tsunoda. \u201cI’m just three seconds off compared to any other drivers. Clearly I was missing something, because I was literally driving on ice, so I don’t know what’s happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verstappen shared the same feeling regarding the grip, though he felt more comfortable on the wet tyre than when it was time for intermediates come Q3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really, really slippery out there,\u201d said the four-time world champion. \u201cIt’s already slippery in the dry but in the wet – yeah, it’s not fun, I can tell you that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to drive in the wet. This felt more like driving on ice, so it took a long time to get the tyres to work a little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do feel that maybe we were a little bit more competitive on the extreme tyre, but the track is improving, so you have to move on to the inter and I struggled a lot just to have any kind of grip.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Filip Cleeren<\/p>\n

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