Yuki Tsunoda insists he can tame Red Bull’s u

New Purple Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda doesn’t anticipate the difficult traits of the workforce’s Method 1 automotive to be an issue for him.

Tsunoda has earned promotion to Purple Bull’s principal outfit from the Japanese Grand Prix onwards after Liam Lawson spectacularly did not rise up to hurry with the fragile RB21 machine, whereas the Japanese racer had a convincing first couple of F1 rounds with Racing Bulls in 2025 – although technique miscalculations prevented him from scoring Sunday factors.

Max Verstappen’s earlier 4 team-mates – together with Pierre Gasly, Alexander Albon and Sergio Perez – all struggled to profit from Purple Bull’s oversteery F1 vehicles, with a lot emphasis on the entrance axle and a nervous rear finish requiring fairly a selected driving model.

Nonetheless, Tsunoda appears to imagine this problem has been blown out of proportion, and is assured he can adapt his personal driving model to succeed.

Requested how he felt after driving the RB21 within the simulator, Tsunoda mentioned: “Somewhat than it being an especially tough automotive, I felt that the set-up philosophy was fully totally different. I needed to barely alter my method in comparison with how I normally arrange the automotive at Racing Bulls.

Yuki Tsunoda on the Purple Bull Showrun Taichung

Photograph by: Purple Bull Content material Pool

He added: “Folks typically say Purple Bull vehicles are likely to have sturdy front-end grip. I personally love vehicles that flip aggressively, and previously, I tailored my driving model to that type of set-up.

“Racing Bulls historically had vehicles that understeered a bit extra, which was difficult for me at first. However I received used to it and it will definitely turned my norm. Now, the important thing will probably be adjusting to Purple Bull’s traits once more, however contemplating my previous expertise, I’m not too anxious about it.”

Tsunoda is conscious, nonetheless, that no midseason swap is ever simple, and is due to this fact holding expectations in test for the upcoming race at Suzuka.

Requested whether or not he might develop into Japan’s first grand prix winner, Tsunoda admitted: “There’s no assure that I’ll be capable to maximise my efficiency on this automotive simply but. Nonetheless, because it’s a prime workforce, I imagine that if I can extract the automotive’s full potential, the alternatives will come.

“The important thing will probably be how properly I can perceive the automotive and maximise its efficiency inside the restricted time of FP1. Heading into the Japanese Grand Prix, my objective is to achieve Q3 and safe a prime 10 end.”