The best way Tsunoda can help himself and the team is by putting some points on the board in Las Vegas, as Mercedes’ strong Brazil weekend has seen it take a healthy lead on Red Bull in the fight for second in the constructors’ championship.
“There’s still this hope. I’ll do as much as I can in that, whether it’s helping Max or the constructors’. Being as close as possible to Max in qualifying is probably the main thing. That’s what I have to do,” he said.
“Mexico was clearly a race that we know it would’ve been points, with a beautiful pit stop. In Brazil it was definitely my fault that in the first lap I hit the front wing. But still, the pace was good. The most important thing is that the team knows it. It’s better than [if] the pace is not there at all. But I know that I also have to step up a little bit more in qualifying.”
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