Tsunoda was promoted to Red Bull’s senior team a week ago in place of Liam Lawson. The two drivers were teammates at RB’s junior F1 team Racing Bulls for the final six races of the 2024 season. After Red Bull Racing moved on from Sergio Perez at the end of the season, Lawson got the call to jump up instead of Tsunoda.

At the Thursday press conference, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda discussed their experiences with their seat swap while Charles Leclerc talked about Ferrari’s recent performance. McLaren has also announced a new co-ownership.

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Red Bull’s decision to switch out Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda had the whole of Formula 1 talking in the build-up to the Japanese Grand Prix – here Motorsport.com picks out the best reactions to the n

Yuki Tsunoda does not intend asking Max Verstappen for advice on how to master the Red Bull RB21 as he will not “say the truth”. And Verstappen is not too keen to offer out any words of wisdom, as he believes Tsunoda must work out how to make the RB21 work for him.

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Ahead of his first chance at his home Grand Prix, Tsunoda admitted in a chat with The Independent that incident forced him to change his approach to racing. “My mindset would be to take my stress out on the track and then focus afterwards,” he said.