Yuki Tsunoda describes major Red Bull breakthrough despite latest failure

Yuki Tsunoda believes he has made a major breakthrough with his Red Bull F1 car, despite his latest failure in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix.

Tsunoda failed to make Q3 for the eighth time as a Red Bull driver, finishing 12th fastest at Zandvoort, but has shown a significant step forward this weekend compared to Max Verstappen in the sister car.

Both Tsunoda and his team leader are now on equal specification of car, with the Dutchman exactly 0.500s faster than Tsunoda in the all-important Q2 session.

Despite being the lowest-ranked Red Bull driver on the grid with Isack Hadjar fourth and Liam Lawson eighth in the Racing Bulls cars, Tsunoda felt he was "more in control" of his RB21 than ever before.

"It was decent, but after practice and being in the top 10, I was expecting more," Tsunoda told media, including RacingNews365. 

"The confidence in the car was pretty good, and I was able to control the car more than at any other grand prix, so to be honest, [the result] doesn't really stack up with the feeling I had in the car.

"It was very strange, I did not have any mistakes, and how I progressed throughout the weekend, I've been happy, but it didn't show in the qualifying lap-time.

"At least I know where I am lacking, and practice was pretty competitive to Max, and I'll check the laptop and data, I gained in some corners, he gained in some, but it doesn't really stack up  with the feeling I had."