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Tsunoda first driver in five years to score points on debut

Scoring points immediately at your debut in Formula 1, it is not given to many drivers. Usually it depends on the team where a driver debuts and since most of them have to start from the back, even drivers like Fernando Alonso had no chance in the past. That it doesn't happen often that a rookie is in a position to score points, proved Yuki Tsunoda last weekend. After a poor qualifying session and a bad start it looked like he wasn't going to be able to do this either, but thanks to the fast AlphaTauri the Japanese driver fought his way through and finished in ninth place. Successor of Stoffel This is the first time in five years that a driver has scored points in his first F1-race. The...
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