Tsunoda blames miscommunication for his early exit is sprint qualifying

On the back of a strong qualifying session last time out in Jeddah, Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda suffered an early exit from the sprint qualifying in Miami, having become victim of some miscommunication.

Yuki Tsunoda had an average first lap in SQ1 which meant that he needed a strong second hot lap in order to fight his way into the middle part of the short qualifying session.

However, he was not given enough of a hurry up on his warm up, and with his team-mate Max Verstappen having cruised slowly in the final corners, he missed out on the chance to start his final flying lap. The miscommunication led to an early exit, with Tsunoda set to start today's Miami F1 Sprint from 18th on the grid.

“Today was a disappointing day for me. A lot of cars cost my lap on my first run and then on the last corner I had a big lock up and didn’t get the lap banked. To be honest that lap was pretty gone from turn one already, because of the traffic and I wasn’t able to do a proper lap at all.

"I knew I was going to be tight for my second run, but I couldn’t do much about it, there’s a car in front of me and I can only go so fast on my out lap.

"We were held up in the garage and these things can sometimes happen, but we know we need to work on communication too. I am pretty far back for the Sprint but I, obviously, will try my best and anything can happen on this track. I will keep positive and try my best," concluded the Japanese driver.