05/07/2025 07:25
Yuki Tsunoda has explained how Red Bull took him to the south of
the United Kingdom for a "reset" ahead of the British Grand Prix.
The Japanese driver heads into the round at Silverstone mired in
poor form, having scored a meagre seven points since taking over
the seat next to Max Verstappen from Liam Lawson. It comes amid
speculation the Milton Keynes-based team could replace him before
the end of the season, but that has been dismissed by the team. In
fact, Tsunoda maintains he is "definitely" feeling the support from
Christian Horner and Helmut Marko, despite having not scored points
in the past four rounds. "I definitely feel the support, especially
these days and more than ever, from Christian [and] Helmut," he
told media, including RacingNews365 . "I went to the south of the
UK with a physio [from] Red Bull Racing to kind of reset myself,
and that was coming from them. "They just wanted [me] to have fresh
air and everything. So that helps a lot to me to build up my
rhythm." The 25-year-old also stated the six-time constructors'
champions were going to take a novel approach, as the team aims to
pull Tsunoda from his current run of underwhelming performance.
Without Verstappen's points-scoring contribution, Red Bull would be
rooted to the foot of the constructors' championship standings.
That is the basis for Zak Brown's recent comments that, without the
Dutchman, who is currently being closely linked to Mercedes, Red
Bull would be behind his sister team in the pecking order. Whilst
the situation with its lead driver plays out in the coming weeks,
the Horner-led squad is committed to helping its second driver
better get to trips with the idiosyncrasies of the troublesome
RB21. "Also, we're going to try a couple of things that I never
tried, and they allow me to do quite a lot of things that probably
they wouldn't do in a normal case," Tsunoda explained.