Yuki Tsunoda - F1 Driver for RB (2024)

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Is Yuki Tsunoda a great driver? ›

He is and has been a great driver in F3 and F2. In F2 he has put up some amazing performances and has been on the heels of Mick most of the time. But one has to understand that F1 is very much different than F2 both in terms of format and the car(technicality) itself.

In total that series, he won 10 races, and finished on the podium 18 times, with 12 pole positions and five fastest laps.

Max Verstappen (17 years and 165 days)

Max Verstappen is the youngest driver to ever start a grand prix as he was just 17 years and 165 days old when he made his debut at the 2015 Australian GP.

Tsunoda's ascent to the top tier of motorsport was astonishingly rapid: he went from racing in Japanese F4 to a Formula 1 seat with AlphaTauri, now RB, in just over three years, having arrived in Europe in 2019 with no knowledge of the circuits.

Yuki Tsunoda has a reputation for his sweary rants, and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has explained in an amusing antidote where he picked it up.

The incident, which occurred post-race, has since been resolved between the two. Ricciardo and Tsunoda resolved tensions after a near-miss on the cooldown lap at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The clash stemmed from Tsunoda's dissatisfaction with a team order to change positions during the race.

Tsunoda said: “I'm so happy to announce that I will be staying with Scuderia AlphaTauri for the 2024 Formula 1 season. I'm looking forward to continuing to fight and collaborate with the team and Daniel.

Arriving as Formula 1's youngest ever competitor at just 17 years old, Verstappen pushed his car, his rivals and the sport's record books to the limit. The baby-faced Dutchman with the heart of a lion took the Toro Rosso – and then the Red Bull – by the horns with his instinctive racing style.

Is 20 too old to become an F1 driver? ›

While the official rule books state no specific age limit to become an F1 driver, the general consensus leans towards nurturing budding racers from a young age, say around 7 or 8 years old.

Pierre Gasly quickly deleted a post of him and Yuki Tsunoda labelled “team-mates again” so as not to give out the wrong impression. Gasly and Tsunoda built up quite the friendship during their two years together at AlphaTauri and that friendship has continued on even as Gasly moved to Alpine.

Tsunoda blew up after team orders were enforced to allow Ricciardo – with a tyre advantage – to overtake him late in the Bahrain race. On the cooldown lap, Tsunoda made an aggressive pass on the Australian, with Ricciardo labelling the Japanese youngster a “f***ing helmet” for the near-miss.

Four drivers will earn $2 million or less in 2024. Williams' Logan Sargeant and RB's Yuki Tsunoda are tied for the lowest 2024 salary at $1 million.

Tsunoda. Japan's newest F1 hero, Visa Cash App RB driver Yuki Tsunoda has risen like a rocket through the ranks of formula racing. Yuki Tsunoda started out on his road to Formula One back in 2016 when he made his debut at the Suzuka round of the Japanese F4 championship.

RB's engineers believe Yuki Tsunoda has made significant progress in 2024 as team boss Laurent Mekies praised the racer for how he has been “stepping up”.

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