Tsunoda: Pressure from “opposite” Ricciardo’s F1 arrival triggered errors

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/tsunoda-pressure-from-opposite-ricciardos-f1-arrival-triggered-errors/10503299/

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Uncle@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 3y

Tsunoda reckons the arrival of experienced new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo put him under greater pressure to trigger “a couple of mistakes”.

I mean that's almost a given, no?

Mateoto@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

I think Tsunoda handled the new pressure pretty well, and you can't ignore he consistently achieves good results in a pretty shit car.

However, while most will disagree, I find Ricciardo's return slightly underwhelming. Don't get me wrong: he is still impressive and on the level of Tsunoda after being out almost over half a year. But after all that media attention and Helmut Marcos's infamous call with de Vries after Daniels's lap time in testing, I was hyped and expecting an incredible performance.

He is as good as a veteran should be, but it shows how much potential Tsunoda actually still has.