“Surprisingly, I really feel okay when it comes to stress,” he mirrored. “The laps in Q2, the lap was in all probability probably the most pressured trip of the earlier classes.
“I felt it in all probability extra final 12 months than this 12 months. This 12 months, the mindset was in all probability extra simply to take pleasure in it and really feel the automobile. On the identical time, I had the tempo from FP3, so I didn’t count on it to finish up like this at this time.
“It’s a disgrace, however not less than the optimistic is that I’ve began to know concerning the automobile. It’s fairly troublesome to function this automobile correctly. It’s extra slender than the VCARB, however not less than I really feel confidence within the automobile and I do know what to do for the longer term, I assume.”
With the opportunity of rain on the horizon for elements of Sunday’s race, Tsunoda acknowledged that “something can occur” in these circumstances, so he would “keep centered”.