Tsunoda reacts to introduction of psychologist

Yuki Tsunoda has said he is still waiting to see results after AlphaTauri hired a new psychologist to work with him.

Helmut Marko revealed this week the team had brought in the services of a psychologist to help with “problem child” Tsunoda who developed a reputation as a hot head during his rookie season.

As he got to grips with both the car and the sport, Tsunoda was heard firing off expletive-filled rants over the team radio which included telling his own race engineer to shut up and telling his Red Bull colleague Sergio Perez to “f*** off.”

Speaking to the media ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, Tsunoda revealed he had worked with a psychologist before and that it helped him settle into life as a Formula 1 driver.

“I was already working with an outside trainer psychologist,” the 22-year-old said. “I’m really happy. I was really happy working with him and also he was part of the reason [why I was] able to step up to Formula 1. He [was] able to help me to develop my performance with consistency.”

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Tsunoda then said that a new trainer had been hired but he was currently unsure if it was working or not.

“They hired [a] new psychologist trainer, I will say, four races before [Austria]. I mean I don’t know currently [if it] is working well [or] not. If it’s working well I think I didn’t have a crash [in Canada] but I have to take a bit more time.

“Because you know, he had to understand more about myself and also I had to understand what direction we have to take. But yeah, I think definitely one of the limitations