1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda’s conservative setup choice backfired, as he failed t🎃o score points on his Red Bull debut at the Japanese Grand Prix.

This weekend was Tsunoda’s first race for Red Bull♏, stepping in for Liam Lawson, who has been demoted to Racing꧑ Bulls.

Despite showing flashes of pace, Tsunoda could not make it into Q3, settling for 14th on the grid after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz’s penalty for impeding.

Overtaki🍌ng was difficult on race day, so Tsunoda only managed to move up two♏ places, ultimately finishing 12th.

Unlike teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, Tsunoda opted for a bigger rear ring and thus 🌠more do꧃wnforce.

However, with more downforce, there’s more drag, meaning it’s dif🔴ficult to overtake due to the lack of straight-line speed.

Villeneuve believes this setup choice was to blame for🌸 Tsunoda’s failure to finish in the top 10.

“He went for the safe solution, to bolt a lot of wing onto that car,” he said during Sky Sports’ F1 coverage.

“But as soon as they started pushing in quali and in the race, it just didn’t pay off. And it was never go🔴ing to.”

Naoꦍmi Schiff added: “It was a poignant🍨 reminder that these 53 laps were the longest he’d had in the car.

“We had curtailed sessions over this weekend which would have stunted his le🍎arning curve.”

“Mixed feelings” for Yuki Tsunoda

Tsunoda is taking the positives from his Red Bull debut desp🦩ite a disappointing result on home soil.

“I am happy with that race, in 🌱terms of my perf𒁏ormance and the result,” Tsunoda said.

“It was tough, for my home grand prix I expected more. I wanted to finish in the po🅠ints. So, mixed feelings.

“These 53 laps are the most I’ve had in this car. Every lap I learned. I fel🅘t more controlled towards𓂃 the end of the race.”

Team principal Christian Hꦕorner is confident Tsunoda will “make a step forward” in the next races.

Japan is part of a triple-heade𝓡r, with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia coming up.

Horner explained: “Bahrain is a🍨 completely different challenge. This 🐓race was dominated by qualifying, 90% of the drivers finished where they qualified.

“He made one pass, we🔯 undercut Pierre during the p♏it stops, then he was stuck behind Fernando.

“He styled himself into the car and the team. He should🐼 make a step forward in the next races.”