Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a boost by Formula 1 fans, with the majority expecting him to not be replaced in the second half of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a recent RacingNews365 poll, fans were asked to vote for whether the arrival of new team principal Laurent Mekies would improve Tsunoda’s odds of remaining a Red Bull driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Japanese star has scored just seven points across his 10 grands prix for the Milton Keynes-based outfit, has suffered multiple Q1 exits and has failed to score a point in the last five rounds.<\/p>\n
As a result, it has made many question if he will complete the season for the Austrian outfit. Tsunoda’s contract does expire at the end of the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To add to Tsunoda’s woes, Isack Hadjar has been delivering consistent points for Racing Bulls, whilst Liam Lawson has also improved in recent races.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the performances of the Racing Bulls duo, an overwhelming 46.9% of voters believe Mekies’ arrival keeps Tsunoda’s seat safe for the rest of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Interestingly, 29.4% expect him to even be retained for next year, and the start of the new power unit regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, should Tsunoda be axed, fans favour a promotion for Hadjar over a return to Red Bull for Lawson.<\/p>\n
Check out the full poll results below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a boost by Formula 1 fans, with the majority expecting him to not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-6973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}