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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephen Wade

Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda is the latest in a long line of Japanese seeking F1 success

Yuki Tsunoda finally has his promotion at Red Bull. That was difficult enough, elevated to the top team last week as Liam Lawson was demoted to Red Bull's No. 2 Formula 1 team — Racing Bulls — after failing to score points in the season's first two races.

Delivering will be even tougher as Tsunoda joins a long list of Japanese drivers with varying degrees of success in Formula 1. His first Grand Prix for Red Bull is on Sunday in Japan.

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