How AlphaTauri’s “crazy” upgrade push helped Tsunoda deliver unthinkable feat

Tsunoda added that such a scenario couldn’t even have been thought about earlier in the season when the Faenza team was struggling for form.

Helped by floor updates to the AT04, he qualified sixth at the Yas Marina track and held onto the position in the early laps, rising up the order as the frontrunners pitted.

When Charles Leclerc came in Tsunoda took over the lead for five laps, before making his first and only stop.

He was only the second…