{"id":82931,"date":"2025-08-20T17:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82931\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:19:11","slug":"red-bull-have-now-made-a-painful-realisation-about-yuki-tsunoda-says-their-ex-f1-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82931\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull have now made a \u2018painful realisation\u2019 about Yuki Tsunoda, says their ex-F1 driver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yuki Tsunoda is the first driver in Red Bull\u2019s 20-year history to fail to score a point in seven straight Grands Prix, which matches his total number of points with the team.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old moved up from sister squad Racing Bulls to replace Liam Lawson in March, as Red Bull<\/a> pulled a U-turn on their decision to snub Tsunoda<\/a> after two rounds. Yet the swap has not paid off, with Lawson scoring 20 points to Tsunoda\u2019s seven from the 12 rounds since.<\/p>\n

Tsunoda scored all seven of his points for Red Bull over his first five rounds with the team, as well. Never before had a driver failed to score a single point across seven straight Grand Prix finishes for Red Bull before Tsunoda, too, following a run with a best finish of P12 in Canada.<\/p>\n

Now, motorsport adviser\u00a0Helmut Marko has confirmed Red Bull will decide Tsunoda\u2019s future after the summer break<\/a>, with the Japanese racer out of contract at the end of this term. Red Bull did not extend Tsunoda\u2019s contract beyond the 2025 season after he got Lawson\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n

\"RedPhoto by Marco Canoniero\/LightRocket via Getty ImagesRobert Doornbos thinks Red Bull realise Yuki Tsunoda is their \u2018worst\u2019 second driver ever<\/p>\n

It is believed that Tsunoda faces a losing fight to stay at Red Bull in 2026<\/a>, too, as they will not keep him if it stops the Milton Keynes squad from putting F2 rookie Arvid Lindblad at Racing Bulls. And Robert Doornbos thinks Tsunoda realises he does not deserve to stay at Red Bull.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda\u2019s life outside F1 from height to parents<\/a><\/p>\n

CategoryYuki TsunodaMax Verstappen2025 points10187Grand Prix results111Grand Prix qualifying012Grand Prix wins02Grand Prix poles04Grand Prix podiums05Best finish9th1stRetirements11Retirements (classified finish)00Fastest laps01Grand Prix points finishes311Sprint results02Sprint qualifying02Sprint wins01Sprint poles00Sprint podiums01The 2025 F1 teammate head-to-head battle of Yuki Tsunoda and Max Verstappen<\/p>\n

Doornbos, who started three Grands Prix for Red Bull in the 2006 F1 season<\/a>, even thinks the team have realised that Tsunoda is \u201cthe worst\u201d second driver they have ever fielded. He has qualified in 20th place twice, and failed to advance from Q1 and Q2 four times each already.<\/p>\n

\u201cYuki\u2019s performance in the second seat is the worst performance ever in the team\u2019s history for a second driver,\u201d Doornbos has told Motorsport.com<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s a very painful realisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Yuki is a great guy, and I also think he\u2019s shown some really good things in his very long F1 career. But at Red Bull, what he\u2019s doing with that car is far from pretty. That\u2019s just painful for the entire team. He doesn\u2019t deserve a seat for 2026, I think he realises that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"RacingPhoto by Andrea Diodato\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But while Doornbos feels Tsunoda has \u201crealised\u201d he does not deserve to drive for Red Bull in 2026, the team\u2019s ex-F1 driver does not want Racing Bulls<\/a> rookie Isack Hadjar<\/a> to step up next year. The Dutchman fears his compatriot Max Verstappen<\/a> can destroy Hadjar as teammates.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Who is Racing Bulls 2025 F1 driver Isack Hadjar? Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

CategoryIsack HadjarLiam Lawson2025 points2220Grand Prix results84Grand Prix qualifying93Grand Prix wins00Grand Prix poles00Grand Prix podiums00Best finish6th6thRetirements13Retirements (classified finish)00Fastest laps00Grand Prix points finishes54Sprint results11Sprint Qualifying20Sprint wins00Sprint poles00Sprint podiums00The 2025 F1 teammate head-to-head battle of Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson<\/p>\n

Doornbos added: \u201cIsack Hadjar is a super talent, a mega qualifying beast. They really have a project for the future in him. But please don\u2019t put him alongside Max too soon, because Max consumes all his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if Hadjar can drive for Racing Bulls for another year like this, I think he\u2019ll benefit. Let me put it this way, I don\u2019t think finding another second driver is a top priority at Red Bull Racing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Motorsport adviser Marko is pushing Red Bull to promote Hadjar for 2026<\/a>, having impressed with his rookie results with Racing Bulls to date. Only Verstappen has more points in the Red Bull family than the 20-year-old Frenchman, who has 22 with a best finish of P6 in Monaco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yuki Tsunoda is the first driver in Red Bull\u2019s 20-year history to fail to score a point in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,1627,10114,806,805,803,804,946,60998,85,9806,5077],"class_list":["post-82931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-formula-1-driver-market","tag-isack-hadjar","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-red-bull-racing","tag-robert-doornbos","tag-sports","tag-visa-cash-app-racing-bulls","tag-yuki-tsunoda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82931","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=82931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}