Yuki Tsunoda: Red Bull's new F1 driver begins quest to show seat not poisoned chalice at home Japanese GP

27 March 2025, 15:31 | Updated: 31 March 2025, 06:12

So now it is Yuki Tsunoda's turn to step into what his new boss has regularly admitted is the "hardest seat in Formula 1" - being team-mate to Max Verstappen.

After Liam Lawson's troubled but extraordinarily brief two-race stay in the second Red Bull seat at the start of the new season, Tsunoda takes it over from round three this weekend for what, coincidently or not, happens to be his home Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

For Tsunoda, the promotion is a chance to finally prove what he has been telling everyone for some time - that he is ready to fight at the front of F1.

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