Red Bull mechanics from Milton Keynes pulled off a near-miracle by rebuilding Yuki Tsunoda’s RB21 from a bare spare chassis after the terrifying crash he suffered in qualifying. The Japanese driver will start from the pit lane since the car now uses parts different from those declared under parc fermé conditions.
It was quite a sight to see Yuki Tsunoda’s RB21 already back in the Red Bull garage under the net early in the morning. The Milton Keynes mechanics did a tremendous job repairing the car that the Japanese driver had crashed at the Tamburello chicane during Q1 of qualifying.
Yuki took full responsibility for the very nasty accident: after mounting the inside curb, he lost control of the car, spun, and slammed violently into the barriers on the left side, triggering a series of rollovers over the protective structures, before landing upside down and eventually coming to rest back on all four wheels.
Red Bull broke curfew to rebuild the car from scratch using the spare chassis, as there was virtually nothing salvageable after the crash. The safety structure did its job perfectly, and the driver was declared fit to race by FIA medical staff. Yuki Tsunoda will not line up on the grid for the start of the Made in Italy and Emilia-Romagna GP but will instead start from the pit lane, as per regulations when a car is fitted with components different from those originally declared in parc fermé.
Naturally, everything replaceable was changed — including the engine and gearbox…
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