Yuki Tsunoda will remain with Red Bull’s junior team next season. RB picked up the option on Tsunoda’s contract to keep the Japanese driver through 2025. The team made the announcement Saturday. He is currently teammates with Daniel Ricciardo, who hasn’t confirmed a seat yet for next season.
Team RB driver Yuki Tsunoda , of Japan, gets ready for the third practice session at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix auto race Saturday, June 8, 2024 in Montreal. Visa Cash F1 drivers Yuki Tsunoda , left, from Japan, and Daniel Ricciardo , from Australia, speak to the media at the Canadian Grand Prix auto race Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Montreal. Team RB driver Yuki Tsunoda of Japan sits in his car during practice for the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix auto race Friday, June 7, 2024, in Montreal.
Tsunoda debuted with Red Bull’s junior team in 2021 and has shown yearly progress. This season, he’s finished in the top-10 in five of eight races as Formula 1 heads into the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. “I’m very happy to be staying with Visa Cash App RB and it’s a good feeling to have my future decided so early in the year,” Tsunoda said in a statement. “For that, I want to thank everyone at Red Bull and Honda who have played such an important role in my career and will continue to do so.
“The team has a big development project ahead and I’m excited to be part of it. It’s great to know that everyone appreciates all the hard work I have put in and that the team believes I can help it move further up the grid.”“The step up he has made this year is simply phenomenal, and he keeps surprising us all, race after race,” Mekies said.
Tsunoda is currently 10th in the drivers’ standings with 19 points. RB is sixth in the constructors’ championship, 20 points behind fifth-place Aston Martin.
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