Red Bull have announced that Yuki Tsunoda will race for the main squad from the Japanese Grand Prix onwards, with the 24-year-old getting the nod to replace Liam Lawson following a difficult opening two races for the New Zealander.
It feels unfair to Lawson, he got to drive 2 races on the tracks he never drove before, with not much of adaptation time to the car that even Max and others at RB admit is hard to drive.
I hope that car will not break Yuki’s career in the same way. Although he was probably on the way out from VCARB by the end of the season without Honda’s backing anyway, so that might be the best chance for him.
It feels unfair to Lawson, he got to drive 2 races on the tracks he never drove before, with not much of adaptation time to the car that even Max and others at RB admit is hard to drive. I hope that car will not break Yuki’s career in the same way. Although he was probably on the way out from VCARB by the end of the season without Honda’s backing anyway, so that might be the best chance for him.
And half of those races were in the dry, correct me if I’m wrong.