Yuki Tsunoda thinks he would have led the Brazilian Grand Prix had the security carsandtruck and subsequent red flags not been called for at Interlagos.
The Japanese motorist was one of a choose coupleof to choose for a switch to severe damp tires as rain pelted the Sao Paulo circuit, with he and team-mate Liam Lawson at one phase lapping faster than those around them by nearly 5 seconds per lap.
But with others attempting to brave it out on intermediates as the deluge got muchheavier, race control had no option other than to sendout the security vehicle out on track, a neutralisation that endedupbeing a complete red-flag interruption when Franco Colapinto had crashed his Williams capturing up to the pack after a pitstop.
Tsunoda, who was running 3rd before his pitstop, lost out with F1’s guidelines permitting for totallyfree tire modifications under red flag conditions and would ultimately surface 8th on the roadway – a outcome that was updated to seventh courtesy of a 10-second charge for McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who had earlier punted Lawson into a spin at Turn 1.
“I think what we did, changing to severe, that was excellent,” described Tsunoda.
“Just the security automobile and the red flag came out, that was the point that went really down. If the red flag didn’t come