{"id":27036,"date":"2024-11-23T13:27:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=27036"},"modified":"2024-11-23T13:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T18:27:19","slug":"yuki-tsunoda-i-know-what-i-could-do-in-a-red-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/23\/yuki-tsunoda-i-know-what-i-could-do-in-a-red-bull\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuki Tsunoda: &#8220;I know what I could do&#8221; in a Red Bull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite putting together consistently strong performances, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/21\/tsunoda-ill-keep-destroying-teammates-until-i-get-red-bull-seat\/\" target=\"_self\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> continues to be overlooked by Red Bull as a candidate to drive alongside Max Verstappen. Well aware of Red Bull&#8217;s reluctance, Tsunoda has provided some insights into his mentality.<\/p>\n<h2>Tsunoda operating at a very high level<\/h2>\n<p>Over the last three race weekends, Yuki <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/09\/yuki-tsunoda-red-bull-promotion-unlikely-despite-strong-results\/\" target=\"_self\">Tsunoda has outqualified Red Bull&#8217;s Sergio Perez<\/a> on every occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese driver has also recorded 11 Q3 appearances in 2024, just one less than Perez.<\/p>\n<p>An evaluation of Tsunoda&#8217;s recent form and performance across this year will draw similar conclusions &#8211; he is putting together a very strong campaign.<\/p>\n<p>By all accounts, he is a logical solution to Red Bull&#8217;s driver dilemma.<\/p>\n<p>After all, with just 18 points since the summer break, it is difficult to make a case that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/18\/yuki-tsunoda-i-deserve-to-drive-for-red-bull\/\" target=\"_self\">Tsunoda<\/a> would be any worse. In the last eighteen months, the 24-year-old has got the better of De Vries, Ricciardo and now Lawson.<\/p>\n<p>There is every reason to believe Tsunoda is capable of at least reinforcing Verstappen in the battle of the front.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"vi8kjhotSIBi1ZQDFyeMHg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2185485649\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'vi8kjhotSIBi1ZQDFyeMHg',sig:'1or1YQRWaQnIJT09uOSn7vB_IVMVGUoYYS-vsheO53U=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2185485649',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;Hopefully they&#8217;ll change their mind&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>Speaking after qualifying P7 in Las Vegas, the VCARB driver spoke candidly about his Red Bull chances:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Those things, I can&#8217;t control,&#8221; <\/em>Tsunoda told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;What I can control is my performance, which I&#8217;m showing this year so far.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I trust myself, and show my consistent results as much as possible. Hopefully they&#8217;ll change their mind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I will do as much as I can. I know what I can do when I step into Red Bull.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But for now, I&#8217;ve just got to prepare as much as possible, show good results and let them decide.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"UtMTRy0tSXtuuMtNpsYFCQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2185482886\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'UtMTRy0tSXtuuMtNpsYFCQ',sig:'nq-_tI35P8VEXt8pU3Vl9XXvNvhjv6bQra6zoyvw6JU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2185482886',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Red Bull continue to deliberate<\/h3>\n<p>Considering that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/18\/sergio-perez-i-turned-down-two-teams-to-stay-at-red-bull\/\" target=\"_self\">Sergio Perez<\/a> finished almost 300 points behind Verstappen in 2023, last winter would have been an opportunity for Red Bull to give Tsunoda an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this season, their choice to retain the 34-year-old has cost them in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>For a team once renowned for making cut-throat decisions, their reluctance to replace Perez is perplexing. This is especially true in the context of Yuki Tsunoda performing at a consistently solid level.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/11\/20\/franco-colapinto-red-bull-talks-continue-heading-into-vegas\/\" target=\"_self\">reported previously by LWOS<\/a>, Tsunoda has never been Red Bull&#8217;s first option for a promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Considering his efforts over the last two seasons, it is difficult to imaging what more he can do to change Christian Horner&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, as Tsunoda articulated, his objective will be to continue securing solid results and rising his value in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite putting together consistently strong performances, Yuki Tsunoda continues to be overlooked by Red Bull as a candidate to drive alongside Max Verstappen. Well aware of Red Bull&#8217;s reluctance, Tsunoda has provided some insights into his mentality. Tsunoda operating at a very high level Over the last three race weekends, Yuki Tsunoda has outqualified Red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":27037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,465,78,2394,2246],"class_list":["post-27036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1-news","tag-red-bull-racing","tag-tsunoda","tag-vcarb"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}