Marko: We arranged a psychologist for Tsunoda

Tsunoda had a very erratic rookie season with AlphaTauri in 2021, incident prone, and not always showing the proper approach the team require of him.

In 2022, the Japanese driver seems to have calmed down a bit, but recently his previous erroneous side seems to be creeping back in.

In the previous race, the 2022 British Grand Prix, Tsunoda crashed into teammate Pierre Gasly while trying to overtake him, something not looked upon favorably by the team.

Speaking to Motorsport Total, Helmut Marko said: "Thank God our Max is quiet. Our problem child is Tsunoda. He explodes on the radio, so you think it doesn't exist."

The Austrian revealed help is being arranged for their driver, saying: "We have specially arranged a kind of psychologist to work with him, because he continued to swear in the corners. So that affects performance,"

Tsunoda spoke of his incident after the race in Silverstone saying: " Unfortunately, I had contact with Pierre later on. I need to review it properly but at the moment, I think I could’ve waited for another opportunity to pass him.

"My speed was good going into the corner so I thought I could make it through, I also didn’t expect Pierre to close the door quite as much as he did, so this is a mistake from my side," he added.

Later, and previewing the upcoming Austrian Grand Prix, Tsunoda added: "I am glad that we can go racing again after just a few days to put the Silverstone race behind us.

"The only good moment of that weekend was on Saturday afternoon when we worked well in the wet conditions to qualify better than we had hoped, based on how Friday went.

"I couldn’t do anything about the collision after the start and later unfortunately I had the incident with Pierre. We discussed it as a team and now we move forward," the 22-year-old insisted.

"I enjoyed this race last year, making it through to Q3 and scoring a point for tenth place. And going further back, I finished second in Formula 2.

"It’s a short lap in terms of time, just over a minute. It could be a slightly difficult weekend for us, as I’m not sure the high speeds will suit our car that well.

"Our performance level has been different at various tracks, so you never know what to expect really. It’s not a difficult track to set up the car and you run a medium set-up in terms of downforce for the high-speed sections.

"Looking at how we performed here last year, I expect we could be quite competitive," Tsunoda concluded.