Franz Tost, team principal of Scuderia AlphaTauri, has dramatically revealed that Yuki Tsunoda’s seat at the team might become available in 2023 following the Japanese driver’s high number of crashes. Tsunoda is currently out-of-contract at the end of 2022, and is yet to seal a new-deal with the Red Bull Racing junior team. The Japanese
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost is not inclined to show a lot of sympathy for drivers who are complaining about the “porpoising” and bouncing issues due to the new technical regulations. Ground effect aerodynamics have been reintroduced this season in a bid to help drivers follow more closely and, ultimately, improve the racing spectacle. The
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was unimpressed by the fact that Mercedes happened to have a second floor stay ready for the Canadian Grand Prix following a technical directive from the FIA. Due to the unsafe levels of “porpoising” and bouncing so far this season under the new technical regulations, the governing body has
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Yuki Tsunoda became notorious last season for his amusing radio outbursts as he acclimatised to life in Formula 1 with AlphaTauri. The 21-year-old was thrust head-first into the European scene in 2019 at just 18 years of age when he moved to Formula 3 having raced exclusively in Japan up to that point, and he
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Kevin Magnussen has insisted that the Haas F1 Team aren’t disregarding Mick Schumacher’s feedback because he is less experienced than the Dane. Magnussen re-signed with Haas ahead of the 2022 season to partner Schumacher after the sacking of Nikita Mazepin amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, and he has bumped his tally up to 37 points
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost believes that Yuki Tsunoda can go on to enjoy a successful career in Formula 1 following a rocky opening season. Tsunoda was introduced to the Red Bull junior team as a Honda-backed driver in 2021, and got his rookie season off to a good start, scoring points in the opening
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that there is still an element of apprehension surrounding the team’s engine after several failures in the early part of 2022. Red Bull were set to start making their own powertrains after he departure of Honda at the end of 2021, but it was confirmed over the
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has rubbished Yuki Tsunoda’s own claim that he was “out of control” in 2021, adding that the mistakes he made were only to be expected from a rookie. Tsunoda’s occasional incongruity to hard work was showcased in the latest Drive to Survive season, and the frequent profanity over the team
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AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda had admitted that he underestimated the challenges his debut Formula 1 season would bring, and concedes he was “lazy.” Tsunoda was brought into the Red Bull programme as a Honda-backed driver having finished third in the 2020 Formula 2 championship, with three wins. The young Japanese came into F1 with a
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AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost is uneasy with a Haas-style approach of running two young drivers in the team. The American outfit signed F1 rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin ahead of 2021, replacing experienced drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, who had managed just two points finishes between them in an immensely disappointing 2020.
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