It is time to start appreciating Yuki Tsunoda as a more than capable member of the F1 grid.
Yuki Tsunoda ’s links with Honda have often unfairly labelled him as a checkbox to keep the Japanese company happy.
For a motorsport-mad nation, there have been relatively few Japanese drivers to ever make it to the F1 grid. A total of 21 have taken part in an F1 event with just 18 involved in a race so, with one of the country’s largest brands behind him, there were plenty of eyes on Tsunoda’s rise up the ranks. But it has been three years since that first foray and for some, Tsunoda has never shaken off that petulant label. He is of course still capable of an outburst, as are all drivers, but confirmation bias can have you believing he has made little progress since his first year in the sport., the Japanese driver made light work of Nyck de Vries.
“Let’s be clear, Tsunoda is in the team he’s in because Toro Rosso – or call them what you want – Red Bull, as a family, they need to keep Honda happy,” he recently told the Formula for Success podcast.Jordan may or may not have been told that by someone associated with the team but to dismiss Tsunoda as such is harsh given his now proven ability.
A slow start in the Middle East with an RB car that promised more than it delivered was overcome with a P7 in Australia, Tsunoda’s best result in two years. He came within an Oscar Piastri shaped whisker of topping a practice session in front of his home crowd and in qualifying at Suzuka, Tsunoda once again showed he is performing at a higher level than Ricciardo is.
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