Mar.13 (GMM) Yuki Tsunoda might wrestle to stay in Components 1 after the 2025 season.
One concern is that this yr is his fifth at Crimson Bull’s junior F1 workforce – and the door to Crimson Bull Racing has closed for now with Liam Lawson’s promotion.
Staff advisor Dr Helmut Marko says it was the 24-year-old Japanese driver’s character, slightly than his tempo, that price him the promotion. “Tsunoda’s outbursts have improved,” he informed Auto Motor und Sport, “however they haven’t utterly disappeared.
“Final yr in Mexico, because the decision-making course of drew nearer, he had two utterly pointless accidents. However he knew that the query was already at stake as to who would get the seat at Crimson Invoice,” Marko added.
“Meaning he’s nonetheless inclined to creating errors beneath stress. By way of velocity, he’s undoubtedly appropriate. However racing towards Max (Verstappen) at all times means stress.
“Lawson is aware of that he obtained the seat as a result of he’s extremely mentally secure and down-to-earth. He’s anticipated to attain factors frequently, not to take a look at Max. That’s his position for now.
“I believe he’s sensible sufficient to grasp that.”
Marko stated Tsunoda received’t even be referred to as as much as Crimson Bull Racing within the occasion that both Verstappen or Lawson has to overlook a race.
“Then we now have Ayumu Iwasa as our reserve driver,” he stated.
“Arvid Lindblad has the factors for the tremendous license, however he doesn’t flip 18 till September. That’s why we’re at the moment making use of to the FIA for an exemption, which (Kimi) Antonelli obtained.
“We see no purpose why the identical shouldn’t be true for Lindblad.”
One other main concern for Tsunoda is that his long-time sponsor, Honda, is leaving Crimson Bull on the finish of the yr – and there are not any race seat vacancies at Aston Martin for 2026.
In actual fact, Honda Racing Company chief Koji Watanabe hinted just a few days in the past that Tsunoda might truly lose that backing on the finish of the season.
Some suppose that’s the reason Tsunoda made the choice over the winter to separate along with his current administration – forward of potential talks with Cadillac about 2026.
He stated in Melbourne: “I perceive that my future is dependent upon my outcomes. However it has at all times been like this.”
