While Max Verstappen hauled his RB21 with a third place on the grid for the Spanish GP, qualifying in Barcelona turned into a disaster for Yuki Tsunoda. The Japanese driver was not only eliminated in Q1, but following Liam Lawson performance in China, he became the second Red Bull driver this season to set the slowest time in a regular qualifying session.
Helmut Marko called it something that needs to be “discussed internally,” while Tsunoda himself sounded despondent in the media pen. He admitted that absolutely nothing worked and spoke of a “fundamental limitation” in the car, although he also said he didn’t know exactly what it was.
