Tsunoda explains “emotional” expletive outburst in Bahrain F1 practice

Yuki Tsunoda says he was a “bit too emo𓆏tional” when making his official Formula 1 debut in Friday practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Japanese roo🎀kie's emotions got the better of him as he vented his frustration over team radio during FP1 when ℱencountering some traffic: “Come on I got f---ing traffic,” he exclaimed.
Reflecting on the incident after second practice, Tsunoda admits he’s keen to cut down on the sw🦋earing.
“I always try to be calmer in every session, so this is like my weakest point,” Tsunoda said. “Also on the mentality s𒁃ide, I was🦂 swearing a lot and losing focus, so I’m trying to train myself not to swear a lot but I was a bit too emotional in FP1.
“In FP2 there was no swearing, so a good step for me from FP1! That’𒆙s good.”
Tsunoda ended FP2 in eightꦕh place, 0.2s clear of AlphaTauri teammate Pierr𒈔e Gasly.
The 20-year-old is targeting a Q3🤡 appearance on his F1 debut.
“Of course go into Q3! Get a top eight or top seven, that would be great,” Tsunoda added. “The main focus for✅ me is to do the best performance I can and beat my teammate.”
While teammate Gasl꧅y didn’t have the headline times to his name on Friday, the Frenchman is full of confidence 🐎going into qualifying.
“I think it𒅌 was a very good start of the weekend,” Gasly said, “The car felt very good this morning, this afternoon it was pretty good as well. I meaཧn, tonight I didn’t put it together in my fastest lap but, overall, I think there were a lot of positives, so I’m pretty excited for qualifying tomorrow.
“I hope we can get into Q3 - that’s our target. After that, we’ll fight to get som♍e good points on Sunday.”

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