Scuderia AlphaTauri drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson both missed the points in Qatar, with Tsunoda finishing the race in 15th position, while Lawson came home two places behind in 17th.
Liam Lawson
It was really tricky out there. From the start of the race, we had no speed, and throughout, we were managing some stability issues, so it’s something to analyse. It was very hot, and when you’re struggling with the car, it makes it even harder to extract the pace. It seems to be my last race with the team before Daniel comes back, so I want to say a big thank you to the team; it’s a shame to finish like this.
Yuki Tsunoda
Today was tough and felt hotter than Singapore, so it was definitely a challenging race. My start was good and smooth. I made up places and was in the points. It felt okay inside the car, and the balance was also good, but we were just too slow and couldn’t keep up the pace. It’s not easy to find a quick solution, but I’m confident that together with the team, we’ll look through the data and see how we can improve for the future. I think Liam might not be driving for us in Austin, so I want to say thank you to him because he did a very good job. I enjoyed the time together as good friends and teammates.
Guillaume Dezoteux – Head of Vehicle Performance
The race today was constrained by the maximum number of laps we could do on each tyre set, which was 18. For Liam, starting towards the back of the grid, we tried to start aggressively on the soft compound tyre in an attempt to attack other cars at the start and pit at the first opportunity, which happened during the Safety Car period. Unfortunately, Liam has been struggling to find the pace after his first stop. The pace in the third stint was closer to Yuki, and he was able to further improve towards the end of the race on the medium compound, but it wasn’t good enough to catch the cars in front. Yuki’s race was also difficult. In his third stint, he was able to stay with Magnussen, but a battle with him and Albon overstressed his tyres, and he started to lose ground. Since Singapore, we have been on a positive trend with our car performance, both in qualifying and the race, but here we didn’t manage to achieve the same. We need to analyse the balance evolution and tyre status because we can’t match our direct competitors today.
Scuderia AlphaTauri Team best pictures:
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C43.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Friday 6th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Alfa Romeo F1 Team on the grid.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Saturday 7th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C43.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Saturday 7th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C43 makes a pit stop.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Sunday 8th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team on the grid.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Sunday 8th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
Zhou Guanyu (CHN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C43.
Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 18, Qatar Grand Prix, Sunday 8th October 2023. Doha, Qatar.
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR – OCTOBER 06: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on October 06, 2023 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202310061224 // Usage for editorial use only //
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR – OCTOBER 06: Sparks fly behind Liam Lawson of New Zealand driving the (40) Scuderia AlphaTauri AT04 during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on October 06, 2023 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202310061327 // Usage for editorial use only //
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR – OCTOBER 06: Guillaume Dezoteux, Head of Vehicle Performance at Scuderia AlphaTauri looks on from the pitwall during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on October 06, 2023 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202310061470 // Usage for editorial use only //
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR – OCTOBER 07: Liam Lawson of New Zealand and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive on the grid during the Sprint ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on October 07, 2023 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202310070456 // Usage for editorial use only //
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR – OCTOBER 08: Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive on the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on October 08, 2023 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202310080390 // Usage for editorial use only //
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR – OCTOBER 08: Liam Lawson of New Zealand and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive on the grid during the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on October 08, 2023 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // SI202310080503 // Usage for editorial use only //
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