1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill has urged Yuki Tsunoda to get “on the telephone” to Aston Martin if he continues to be ignored by Purple Bull.
Regardless of out-performing Daniel Ricciardo throughout each metric to date in 2024, Purple Bull aren’t contemplating Tsunoda as an choice for the senior staff.
Ricciardo and Liam Lawson have been considered the entrance runners to interchange Perez – if Purple Bull wished to make a change.
Nonetheless, final week, Purple Bull confirmed that Perez will stay within the seat – for now a minimum of – as he appears to be like to re-find his kind at tracks he’s historically carried out properly on similar to Baku and Singapore.
Talking on the F1 Nation podcast, Hill stated Tsunoda ought to take a look at Aston Martin on condition that the door at Purple Bull appears to be shut.
“If I used to be him I’d be on the telephone to Aston Martin as a result of he’s Japanese they usually’ve bought Honda coming,” Hill stated.
Hill additionally urged that Max Verstappen would seemingly favor having Ricciardo as a teammate given the pair’s shut relationship.
After the Belgian Grand Prix, they have been pictured in a helicopter collectively leaving the circuit.
Some followers thought it was a ‘delicate launch’ of them being teammates once more – however that was later disproved by Purple Bull.
“He’s proper in saying that I can’t perceive it and it doesn’t make any sense,” he added.
“While you see photos of Max leaving the circuit in a helicopter with Daniel Ricciardo, and there’s all smiles. You get the sensation of Danny Ric and Max. Max could be fairly pleased with Danny Ric as a teammate.
“If his energy is such in that staff he can virtually affect that call then I do suppose the stress is on to get Danny in there.
“They’ve given him a second lease of life by encouraging him. His performances have been getting stronger. There’s no query about it.”
