Two points on his debut were all it took for Formula 1 fans and pundits alike to hail Yuki Tsunoda as the sport's next big star.
And when the Japanese racer found that result difficult to replicate in the following weeks and months, the knives came out just as swiftly. A series of mistakes followed a hefty Imola crash which knocked his confidence for six and, soon enough, those witty geniuses on social media were dubbing him 'Yuki Spinoda'. How original.
It is true, though, that he faced a fight for his F1 future. After all, every driver does. His talent has rarely come under question, but it has taken a lot of work from Tsunoda to change his mental approach to the sport from what it was when he first joined, to get to the place that he is in today.
