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Tsunoda exploited DRS to the max on final Bahrain hotlaps

Yuki Tsunoda fired off a series of impressive times in the closing stages of testing in Bahrain, but it appears the AlphaTauri rookie used and abused a DRS ploy on his cracking hot laps. Tsunoda' indulged in a series of late runs on Sunday, the fastest of which was just 0.093s shy of Red Bull pace setter Max Verstappen. The Japanese driver's performance was certainly a testimony to his remarkable quick adaption to F1 as well as to the overall efficiency of AlphaTauri's Honda-powered AT02. While Tsunoda's late charges caught the attention of commentators, it also sparked the interest of a few keen F1 observers on the internet who caught sight of how the AlphaTauri charger was activating his...
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