Oct.6 (GMM) Yuki Tsunoda’s Crimson Bull future seems more and more bleak after a disastrous Singapore weekend left the Japanese driver outdoors the factors and lapped by his teammate.
Tsunoda, who had proven delicate enchancment since Monza, slumped to P12 after additionally qualifying outdoors the highest 10 in what he admitted was a nightmare begin.
“That was one of many worst opening laps of my life,” he advised Viaplay late on Sunday. “It’s an enormous disgrace, as a result of when it comes to pace, this was one in all my finest races throughout my Crimson Bull time. It’s an actual disgrace.”
Former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde may hardly consider it. “Ouch! What a painful interview,” he stated on Viaplay. “He’s utterly misplaced.
“Firstly, he was lapped by his teammate. Secondly, he can say his tempo was superb and that he was quick, however he was actually very sluggish. Thirdly, that opening lap was additionally a catastrophe.”
Even Crimson Bull simulator driver Rudy van Buren agreed the pattern is worrying. “Issues aren’t stepping into the appropriate route,” he stated. “The outcomes should be there, and so they’re not there.”
Van der Garde added that Tsunoda’s struggles had been now psychological in addition to technical. “You may see it in his interview,” he noticed. “He doesn’t know what to say or the place to look. He’s utterly misplaced. He has nobody guilty. He can solely look within the mirror and say he’s not ok.”
The 25-year-old, backed strongly by Honda, is now tipped for a reserve function at Aston Martin when the Japanese producer joins the group in 2026.
