Christian Horner hailed the progress made by Yuki Tsunoda – but warned the AlphaTauri ace that he faces a tough task dislodging Sergio Perez from his Red Bull seat.
The Japanese racer flattered to deceive in his first Formula 1 season, scoring points on his debut only to struggle to build on that. Despite some costly crashes and difficulties containing his emotion in the cockpit, AlphaTauri chief Franz Tost saw enough in Tsunoda to give him a third campaign.
And, so far, he has taken the opportunity with both hands. Despite having probably the slowest car on the grid, he has scored a point in two of the first four races and was unfortunate not to do the same in the other two outings.
