Belgian GP: Yuki Tsunoda reveals he spent most of summer break training

Yuki Tsunoda has revealed that he spent most of the time during the summer break training and working hard rather than having a complete down period.

The Japanese driver will be hoping to get a better taste of being in a Formula 1 car during a Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, after seeing last year’s race ended after two laps behind the Safety Car, with that being his rookie year.

Wind forward 12 months and Tsunoda continues to show improvements with him adding a better level of consistency to his speed, though the AlphaTauri car hasn’t been as competitive on enough occasions as he and Pierre Gasly would have liked this year.

Even so, Tsunoda is working hard to get the very best out of himself, and he revealed that he used much of the summer break to try and keep sharp, rather than completely relaxing:

“I had a really nice time in the break, even though I spent a lot of it training,” said Tsunoda.

“In the first week, I went to a training facility in Austria, also talking to a sports psychologist and working with a physio. In the middle week, I went away and just enjoyed myself and in the last week, I was back in Faenza training again, as well as doing some wakeboarding and other fun activities. So, I spent maybe 70% of the time training, but I know what works for me and I prefer not to reset completely in a break. I had a nice relaxing time, without my phone and without thinking about racing. It was good.”