Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda stated he was “dissatisfied” however “okay” about dropping his Crimson Bull seat alongside four-times Formulation One champion Max Verstappen subsequent season.
“The day after I ordered breakfast as common, identical meals, yeah, most likely I’m not recognising sufficient that it is going to be the final race no less than for subsequent 12 months,” Tsunoda informed reporters at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit forward of the season-ending race.
“Perhaps I’ll really feel extra after Abu Dhabi however that’s the way it went and the way I really feel now.”
Tsunoda, who started the 12 months as Hadjar’s Racing Bulls teammate and is backed by energy unit suppliers Honda, was promoted two races into the season in a swap with incumbent Liam Lawson after the Kiwi failed to attain.
However he has been totally outperformed by Verstappen. The champion has received seven races and chalked up 396 factors whereas Tsunoda’s tally stands at a mere 33, simply three greater than his general factors haul from final 12 months.
Honda, which additionally provides energy items to Racing Bulls, is leaving the Crimson Bull fold to group up with Aston Martin subsequent season.
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Tsunoda stated if he had any regrets, they had been centred on not having the ability to take advantage of the Racing Bulls automobile, which he has helped develop and is seen as much more forgiving than the Crimson Bull.
“However on the identical time I don’t remorse a lot that call…,” added the 25-year-old of his transfer to the senior Crimson Bull group.
Tsunoda is just not the primary teammate to be eclipsed by Verstappen, with the second Crimson Bull seat buying a repute for being a ‘poisoned chalice’.
Hadjar, who has loved a formidable rookie season, would be the Dutchman’s fourth completely different teammate for the reason that final race of 2024.
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However he stated he was not fearful about assembly the identical destiny as his predecessors, particularly with automobiles set to alter to satisfy subsequent 12 months’s radical rule modifications.
“We’re going to get the automobile we now have, I’ve to adapt to that automobile, and Max should do the identical job,” stated Hadjar, whose seat at Racing Bulls will probably be taken by rookie Arvid Lindblad.
“I’ve by no means repeated yearly. I’ve all the time competed in numerous automobiles… So I feel I’m fairly first rate at adapting, so I’m really assured.”