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AlphaTauri explain Tsunoda's stunning lap times

AlphaTauri have explained the series of eye-catching lap times by Yuki Tsunoda in pre-season testing – he was activating DRS too early! The Japanese rookie lit up the timing screens with one purple sector after another during the final session of the three days of running in Bahrain. Vying with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the fastest lap, Tsunoda eventually ended up second quickest of the entire test – not that times can be considered truly representative for it is not a level playing field. And that was certainly the case with AlphaTauri’s newcomer, for whom data revealed he was opening his DRS between 100 and 200 metres earlier than the other drivers on the pits straight –...
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