Yuki Tsunoda remains keen to land a Red Bull advertising regardless of Liam Lawson being the present day motive force suffering to evolve to the Milton Keynes-primarily based totally Formula 1 outfit.
Tsunoda is spending a 5th season with the Faenza-primarily based totally Red Bull sister team, Racing Bulls after Lawson became granted advertising over him.
But like Sergio Perez, Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly earlier than him, Lawson is displaying symptoms and symptoms of struggle.
It is early days, however seeing the promising expertise of Lawson caught behind the grid withinside the RB21 at Shanghai is a sight no person desires to see, besides for Red Bull’s opponents perhaps.
Racing Bulls, meanwhile, is appearing strongly in China, with Isack Hadjar and Tsunoda set to line up 7th and 9th on Sunday’s grid.
Racing Bulls’ tempo induced Max Verstappen’s verdict withinside the media pen post-qualifying, to which he said (through Sky Sports) “They’re doing very well, they’re very near me. Maybe that still says something.”
Despite this, Tsunoda remains eager to strive out the Red Bull.
Asked whether or not he’d be eager to pressure the RB21 Tsunoda informed pick out media which includes Motorsport Week “Always, yeah.”
A light-hearted probing query followed, might Tsunoda need to pressure the capricious Red Bull at his domestic race in Japan subsequent time out?
“Japan, yeah,” he replied, earlier than adding “I mean, their vehicle is faster.”
Asked if he changed into positive of that assessment, Tsunoda replied “I’m positive.”
The jury is out on Red Bull nonetheless however it’s clean to look Racing Bulls has advanced a robust midfield contender.
Question marks lingered over the group at some point of checking out however on tempo, Racing Bulls must have come away with as a minimum one top-10 bring about Australia.
A double top-10 end in Qualifying on the Shanghai International Circuit confirms the group’s development over the stop of remaining season.
“To be sincere Australia, I concept it’d be more, you know, the overall performance coming from the tune characteristic,” Tsunoda said.
“But it appears even China, [which has] plenty specific traits as compared to Australia, I concept it’d be a large problem for us, however to date appears certainly acting continually as lots as Australia, so [that’s a] large surprise.
“Last yr if I keep in mind correctly, like this sort of lengthy corners we generally tend to struggle, particularly lengthy run, however Sprint qualifying, race I experience quite consistent, and the tempo appears to date very robust like I had in Australia.
“Obviously it’s too probable early to finish it, I suggest Suzuka is any other specific tune, however to date looks as if we’ve a wonderful path.”
