Yuki Tsunoda will remain with Red Bull's junior team next season,💙 RB announced. ()
RB picked up the option on contract to keep the Japanese driver through 2025. He is𒈔 cu💛rrently teammates with Daniel Ricciardo, who hasn't confirmed a seat yet for next season.
Tsunoda debuted with Red Bull's junior team in 2021 and has shown yearly progress. This season, he's finished in the top-10 in five of eight races as Formula 1 heads into the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.
“I'm very happy to be staying with Visa Cash App RB and it's a good feeling to ha🏅ve my future decided so early in the year,” Tsunoda said in a statement. "For that, I want to thank everyone at Red Bull and Honda who have played such an important role in my career and will continue to do so.
“The te⭕am has a big development project ahead and I'm excited to be part of it. It's great to know that everyone appreciates all the hard work I have put in and that the team believes I can help it move further up the grid."
RB team principal Laurent Mekies said he has been impressed by Tsunoဣ💜da's progress.
“The step up he has made this year is simply phenomenal, and he keeps surprising 🍒us all, race after race,” Mekies said. "There's no doubting his natural speed to which he𝔍 has now added a much more mature approach and this combination makes him a very quick and consistent performer, and a great team player.
"We share the same ambitions, so there are several good reasons to continue our journey together. He still has a loꦰt to gi🤪ve.”
Tsunoda is currently 10൲th in the drivers' standings with 19 points. RB is sixth in the constructors' championship, 20 points behind fifth-place Aston Martin.
