{"id":31798,"date":"2025-03-21T08:49:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=31798"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:52:29","slug":"tsunoda-has-made-quantum-leap-in-performance-says-marko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2025\/03\/21\/tsunoda-has-made-quantum-leap-in-performance-says-marko\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunoda has made “quantum leap” in performance, says Marko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> claimed the unofficial ‘best of the rest’ title in China’s Sprint Qualifying<\/a>, going 8th overall in another strong showing for VCARB. He again demonstrated an impressive level of speed – something which has become standard practice in recent years.<\/p>\n

The situation is very different for former teammate Liam Lawson<\/a>, who was rock bottom in Sprint Qualifying.<\/p>\n

The Kiwi continues to struggle, as Tsunoda goes from strength to strength with the Faenza-based operation.<\/p>\n

Red Bull’s Helmut Marko recognises this – though it is unclear how far Tsunoda’s position at Red Bull can meaningfully improve<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tsunoda could have his best year to date<\/h4>\n

Since the 2022 season, when he was evenly matched with teammate Pierre Gasly, Tsunoda can be described as among F1’s most consistent performers.<\/p>\n

Against a variety of teammates, Tsunoda<\/a> has established himself as the reference at VCARB. He defied both internal and external expectations against the likes of Nyck de Vries and Daniel Ricciardo, for example.<\/p>\n

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