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Rookie Tsunoda felt ‘a bit sorry' passing Alonso

Yuki Tsunoda admitted to feeling 'a bit sorry' for Fernando Alonso as the AlphaTauri rookie passed the two-time World Champion in Bahrain. Tsunoda arrived at his new team in the off-season fresh out of a P3 finish in Formula 2 last year and there has been plenty of excitement surrounding the Japanese driver. He impressed during testing and did not disappoint on his opening race weekend either, finishing his debut F1 race in P9, gaining four places on his starting position. On his way to those two points added next to his name on the standings, Tsunoda passed the returning Alonso, someone the 20-year-old has a lot of respect for. As quoted by Racer, he said: “It was a bit emotional when I...
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