2023 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix highlights

Scuderia AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda earned a point in the 10th after Carlos Sainz’s penalty dropped him down with teammate Nyck de Vries a DNF.

Nyck de Vries

Sadly, the racing incident with Logan meant the end of the race for us. We struggled very much out there today, but we did well at the beginning on the hard compound. Unfortunately, when the red flag came out, everyone who started on the mediums got a free pitstop to switch to the hard. During the race, I also damaged the front wing, so I ended up with understeer and graining on the tyres. The midfield is still very tight, so we will continue to work and push to move up the ladder.

Yuki Tsunoda

I have mixed feelings about today. We scored our first point of the season, which is good, but to be honest, given our pace, I didn’t expect to score any today. Considering how much we were struggling before the red flag, warming up and getting the hard compound tyres in the optimum window, we should take this result and be happy with P10 as we maximised our performance. It’s a shame we lost P5 because, going into Turn 1, I managed to overtake several cars. On the positive side, we scored a point, so we will continue to work hard to score more in the coming races.

JODY EGGINTON – Technical Director

It was a very difficult race for us. Both drivers pushed hard to extract all they could from the package, but we couldn’t get the cars moving forward as required. The car’s pace was not there on all compounds, and we struggled for straight-line speed. As such, we couldn’t attack nor hold the position in some phases of the race. We leave Melbourne with a lot of data to go through and a lot of work ahead of us in order to be best prepared for Baku.

Scuderia AlphaTauri Team best pictures:

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 02: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan driving the (22) Scuderia AlphaTauri AT04 on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on April 02, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 02: Nyck de Vries of Netherlands and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive in the garage prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on April 02, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 02: Scuderia AlphaTauri Team Principal Franz Tost looks on prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on April 02, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 02: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on April 02, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 02: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan driving the (22) Scuderia AlphaTauri AT04 on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit on April 02, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 02: <> during the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit on April 02, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

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