Yuki Tsunoda has admitted he feels “numerous stress” amid his ongoing F1 kind hunch with Crimson Bull.
The Japanese F1 driver endured one other robust weekend on his a centesimal grand prix look on the Canadian Grand Prix as he might solely get better to twelfth after a 10-place penalty for a pink flag infringement left him in the back of the grid.
It marked the third consecutive race during which Tsunoda has failed to attain factors within the second Crimson Bull, whereas teammate Max Verstappen completed second in Montreal.
“[Saturday] was a troublesome day with the 10-place nonsense penalty,” Tsunoda stated. “[I] misplaced numerous time in FP3, particularly with the brand new upgrades while you wish to particularly study concerning the automobile.
“Nonetheless with our staff, you wish to be as excessive as attainable, however I get pleasure from this problem I assume. [In] these moments I’m having numerous stress, typically I’m not having fun with them that a lot however it’s a part of the time that [is] a possibility to enhance myself and show myself extra.”
Requested if P12 was the utmost he might obtain given the penalty, Tsunoda replied: “Yeah, just about, that’s it. The tempo was okay, not superb however nonetheless not too unhealthy. Aside from that, just about that’s it actually.
“At the least [a] optimistic is the automobile efficiency now, and the tempo within the automobile felt a bit extra regular or higher than final earlier races, so not less than there’s a little bit of motivation there.”
Crimson Bull proceed to again Tsunoda
Regardless of Tsunoda’s depressing kind and struggles to show round his fortunes, Crimson Bull proceed to face by their driver.
Crimson Bull staff principal Christian Horner has continued to insist that Tsunoda might be given “time and help” to extend his confidence within the RB21.
Crimson Bull intend to maintain Tsunoda within the seat for the remainder of the 2025 season however his ongoing struggles are doing little to quell hypothesis surrounding his future.
Tsunoda was solely drafted in to Crimson Bull from sister squad Racing Bulls after the opening two races of the season in a seat swap with Liam Lawson, who had a nightmare begin to the marketing campaign.
Tsunoda’s future has been introduced extra into the highlight given Isack Hadjar’s spectacular begin to his rookie F1 season with Racing Bulls.
