Tyre degradation is "like crazy," claims Tsunoda after another tough weekend

On the back of another tough weekend when he failed to score any points, Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda claimed that tyre degradation is "like crazy" for which he currently can't find any solution.

Having set the quickest time in qualifying at the British Grand Prix, Max Verstappen led off the line, but lost the lead early on to McLaren rival Oscar Piastri.

The Dutchman looked to struggle much in a car that had been set-up to be fast down the straights. That lack of downforce cost him in the wet as he was unable to stay with Piastri after having lost the lead.

At the second safety car restart, Verstappen lost the rear end of his Red Bull, and spun at the exit of Stowe. His mistake saw him drop to P10, and he initially struggled to make any progress. However, he looked more comfortable in his RB21 when the track started to dry, and managed to climb back to fifth at the flag.

His team-mate Yuki Tsunoda started from P12 on the grid, and he never really looked able to make quick progress from there. In fact, the Japanese driver tagged the Haas of Oliver Bearman into a spin for which he was handed a 10-second time penalty, and wound up coming home last of the runners.

“It was not easy out there at all today but somehow it was not really that messy a race for myself. I just struggled with the pace a lot and even in the dry I didn’t have great pace.

"The rain and the conditions were the main issue today and then I had massive deg on the tyres, as usual. The incident with Ollie was really tricky, the touch itself was very light and in those conditions, it can have massive consequences. I found him to say sorry immediately after the race.

"In terms of short runs, I have a couple of positives to take away from this weekend but on the long runs, somehow, I just deg like crazy. I had good confidence in the rain so we need to look into why I couldn’t find the pace.

"The downforce may have contributed but it’s much more than that, we were still slower than we should have been. The car should be different for Belgium, and we will go away and work hard in the time we have off until then.”