After a number of side-by-side battles, Tsunoda tried to lastly move the McLaren rookie for seventh place on lap 49 of 71 with the help of DRS into Flip 1.
However as he moved across the exterior, his right-rear wheel tagged Piastri’s entrance left to set off a spin. He re-joined the observe in sixteenth and completed twelfth.
Though Tsunoda defended his tried overtake on Piastri, he has now revealed that his frustration was sufficiently “laborious to digest” that he shut himself away in his Mexico Metropolis lodge room.
Dealing with the media forward of the Brazilian GP this weekend, he mentioned: “I used to be actually annoyed after the race as a result of I misplaced the chance to attain factors for the staff.
“I used to be having a very good race till then. So, I actually had huge frustration and truly, it was laborious to digest that frustration on that day.
“Usually, Mexico, you may get pleasure from. I really cancelled all the pieces and simply stayed within the room.
“It was a giant second, and it was a possibility… P5 was undoubtedly attainable.”
Tsunoda added that he “tried to be affected person as a lot as attainable” when passing the McLaren and that it was “simple” to be alongside Piastri given the overspeed he had with DRS on the finish of the primary straight.
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Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
However he recognised that he ought to have taken further warning and used extra “scenario administration” given it was a struggle for factors – as AlphaTauri tries to financial institution further prize cash by passing Williams for seventh place within the constructors’ championship.
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Requested by Autosport to clarify his coping mechanism, Tsunoda continued: “I really feel to begin with responsible.
“I do not know whether or not it is a acutely aware factor or no matter, however I simply really feel fairly unhealthy if I mess around and have a distraction after I’ve a foul race.
“Possibly it is good, however will probably be only for me. It will likely be simply momentary. I considered all the pieces – what I can enhance sooner or later.
“It was clearly powerful, nevertheless it provides me time to rethink. For me, it is my factor I usually do if I’ve a foul race. I solely have a celebration if I’ve a very good race.”
Tsunoda had beforehand talked about studying from skilled team-mate Daniel Ricciardo to enhance his “emotional management”. He reckoned this was one thing he had thus far “by no means achieved, particularly the final grand prix”.