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Tsunoda’s gearbox broke in half during F1 qualifying crash

The force of Yuki Tsunoda’s qualifying crash at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix caused the gearbox in his Formula 1 car to split in two. Tsunoda had been hoping to follow up his impressive points finish on his debut in Bahrain with a first Q3 appearance at Imola, but his qualifying session lasted just a handful of minutes before he had a big shunt. The 20-year-old Japanese driver lost the rear of his AlphaTauri at the exit of the Variante Alta chicane and spun into the wall, an impact which caused extensive damage to his AT02 and has consigned him to a back-of-the-grid start for Sunday’s race. Tsunoda apologised to his AlphaTauri team following his crash, admitting he got “too...
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