Yuki Tsunoda has admitted he feels “quite a lot of stress” amid his ongoing F1 kind stoop with Purple Bull.
The Japanese F1 driver endured one other powerful weekend on his one centesimal grand prix look on the Canadian Grand Prix as he might solely recuperate to twelfth after a 10-place penalty for a crimson flag infringement left him behind the grid.
It marked the third consecutive race wherein Tsunoda has failed to attain factors within the second Purple Bull, whereas teammate Max Verstappen completed second in Montreal.
“[Saturday] was a tricky day with the 10-place nonsense penalty,” Tsunoda mentioned. “[I] misplaced quite a lot of time in FP3, particularly with the brand new upgrades while you need to particularly study in regards to the automotive.
“Nonetheless with our workforce, you need to be as excessive as potential, however I get pleasure from this problem I assume. [In] these moments I’m having quite a lot of stress, typically I’m not having fun with them that a lot but it surely’s a part of the time that [is] a possibility to enhance myself and show myself extra.”
Requested if P12 was the utmost he might obtain given the penalty, Tsunoda replied: “Yeah, just about, that’s it. The tempo was okay, not wonderful however nonetheless not too dangerous. Aside from that, just about that’s it actually.
“Not less than [a] optimistic is the automotive efficiency now, and the tempo within the automotive felt a bit extra regular or higher than final earlier races, so a minimum of there’s a little bit of motivation there.”
Purple Bull proceed to again Tsunoda
Regardless of Tsunoda’s depressing kind and struggles to show round his fortunes, Purple Bull proceed to face by their driver.
Purple Bull workforce principal Christian Horner has continued to insist that Tsunoda might be given “time and assist” to extend his confidence within the RB21.
Purple Bull intend to maintain Tsunoda within the seat for the remainder of the 2025 season however his ongoing struggles are doing little to quell hypothesis surrounding his future.
Tsunoda was solely drafted in to Purple Bull from sister squad Racing Bulls after the opening two races of the season in a seat swap with Liam Lawson, who had a nightmare begin to the marketing campaign.
Tsunoda’s future has been introduced extra into the highlight given Isack Hadjar’s spectacular begin to his rookie F1 season with Racing Bulls.
