Yuki Tsunoda has hit out at Liam Lawson for “at all times doing one thing on goal” after complaining of being blocked by the Racing Bulls driver in Qualifying for the US Grand Prix.
Tsunoda and Lawson have been concerned in numerous skirmishes this season, after Red Bull switched the pair after two weekends, selling the previous to accomplice Max Verstappen forward of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend whereas the latter dropped again all the way down to the junior squad alongside Isack Hadjar.
Their earlier flashpoints included an earlier incident this weekend in Dash Qualifying, when the two battled through the first corners in a failed bid to set a last-gasp time.
Added stress exists with hypothesis that the 2 are battling for a single seat on the 2026 grid, with rumours that Isack Hadjar will be a part of Pink Bull and Components 2 driver Arvid Lindblad may make the step as much as F1 with Racing Bulls.
“With Lawson, it’s simply the same old story,” stated Tsunoda when requested concerning the potential on-track blocking incident involving the New Zealander.
“He’s at all times doing one thing on goal, and it’s b*******, so it’s him. I don’t care about him, to be sincere.”
Tsunoda, who will begin the US Grand Prix in thirteenth – one place behind Lawson – was additional irked by blocking from one of many Alpine drivers, though he brushed this off as “perhaps simply miscommunication from their facet”.
He added: “I feel, with out that, I might have been in Q3. Up to now, I simply can’t have regular Qualifying. It’s actually irritating however it’s what it’s.”
On the opposite facet of the fence, Lawson was left bemused by his rival’s feedback when requested.
“I’ve completely no concept what he’s speaking about,” he stated. “I feel site visitors is at all times just a little bit robust round right here, to be sincere. However this weekend it has been one thing that we’ve all been coping with. We acquired hit actual dangerous yesterday in sector one.
“I can’t probably assume the place I may have been to be in entrance of him, but it surely’s simply a type of issues.”
Racing Bulls have proven robust tempo throughout the weekend to this point, however a heavy crash for Hadjar in Q1 and Lawson’s Q2 exit leaves loads of work to be accomplished on Sunday if the crew is so as to add to its factors haul.
Of his remaining effort, Lawson added: “We had a really quick automotive, we simply acquired hit by an enormous gust of wind firstly of the lap after which, from there, you’re making an attempt to make up lap time.
“It sucks. The automotive has been very, very fast. Sadly, it’s simply a type of issues. We’re all coping with it, however we get hit at totally different factors and sadly, it’s value us numerous lap time.”
