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Boss admits Tsunoda used DRS too early

Mar.19 Yuki Tsunoda's boss has admitted the Japanese rookie was activating DRS too early en route to his impressive laptimes in the official Bahrain test. 'Yuki is still a beginner,' Alpha Tauri team principal Franz Tost told Sky Deutschland. 'DRS is usually automatic and he activated it too early during the tests. He won't do that in the future.' Tost also played down reports that the Faenza based team may be tantalisingly close to the ultimate pace this season. 'We have to be careful,' said the Austrian. 'We don't know exactly how much fuel the other teams are using, but the fact is that our car works quite well. 'Both drivers are in good shape – Yuki especially was very...
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