Tsunoda ‘progresses’, Red Bull is still ‘open’ to extend it

Yuki Tsunoda has not yet assured his place for next year, but he is starting to impress his bosses at Red Bull. Similarly, Helmut Marko. Consequently, the team consultant, also explained why after an q1 elimination in Hungary, the team chose to condemn Tsunoda by making him leave last.

“Because he should have changed perhaps to Monza or Zandvoort. For example, And I think that because of his starting position. Consequently, it was strategically better to do it here” Details Marko, who also underlined the progress of his pilot. Consequently, “He was never so close, to a tenth behind. For example, But unfortunately, he came out from Q1. He progresses.”

But Tsunoda will still have to show signs of progression. score more points if he wants to hope to stay at Red Bull next season. Although Marko has tsunoda ‘progresses’, red bull still repeatedly assured that he would not be replaced during the season. the Japanese has not yet secured his place alongside Verstappen for 2026.

“Our evaluation of the pilots traditionally takes place after the summer break. For the moment, everything is open. We are examining performance, positive as negative.”

The new boss of the Red Bull team. Laurent Mekies, who replaced Christian Horner last month, was also impressed by the rhythm of Tsunoda on the Hungarring.

“Yuki qualified. probably for the first time in his career, two tenths from Max during the first attempt in Q1, then to a tenth in the second attempt.”

“Max was not really comfortable on track. So it is a solid, very solid performance, perhaps even its best so far. After progress already visible to Spa, I think that he and his engineering team are doing a very good job.”

He tsunoda ‘progresses’, red bull still repeats that one of his priorities as a team director is to ensure that the second bucket. at Red Bull can use its potential: “Priority is to give Yuki what he needs to perform.”

“This is on this that the team is concentrated with regard to the second seat. They have been working on it for several races now. We are trying together to find solutions to cross a new CAP. Spa was very positive in this perspective.”

“Here, the weekend has been generally a little more complicated, so it’s a little more difficult to assess. But there is no reason why Yuki does not find the level of performance we know. This is our main objective for the moment.”