Yuki Tsunoda will associate with the world champion Max Verstappen at the Japanese Grand Prix.© AFP
Yuki Tsunoda will team up with the world champion Max Verstappen at the Japan Grand Prix following Red Bull’s decision to dismiss Liam Lawson in difficulty after only two races, reports said on Tuesday. Tsunoda, 24, will be promoted from the Red Bull RB sister team for his home race in Suzuka on April 4 to 6, said the Dutch newspaper and the French broadcaster Canal +. Red Bull was not available to comment on Tuesday by AFP. New Zealanders Lawson, 23, who was drafted from RB in winter to replace Sergio Perez, endured a miserable start to the 2025 season.
It was eliminated at the first stage of the three qualification sessions and has not yet scored a point while Verstappen in the other Red Bull is second in the title race with 36 points, eight behind the leader at the start of the Lando Norris season of McLaren.
Tsunoda has shown a pace on two racing weekends.
He was 12th in Australia and finished until Sunday in Shanghai, due to Shanghai due to the strategy with two RB stops.
Tsunoda made her Formula 1 debut with Alphanauri in 2021, becoming the first Japanese driver on the grid from Kamui Kobayashi in 2014.
Red Bull’s director of the Red Bull team Christian Horner did not exactly give Lawson a vote of trust after the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday.
“I think Liam has had a difficult shopping couple, a difficult weekend here. We are going to look at it,” said Horner who was more optimistic when asked Tsunoda.
“Yuki is an experienced driver who is now doing an excellent job.”
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