Yuki Tsunoda will make his Formula One debut for Alpha Tauri in 2021. The Japanese driver made a strong impression in 2020, and he has impressed Red Bull's management enough to take the next step.
Tsunoda made his Formula 2 debut in 2020, and despite it being his first year, Tsunoda made a big impact. He had mechanical breakdowns here and there, but also made mistakes himself at times but was still very fast and finished third in the F2 standings.
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"In the meantime he has learned that you don't win races in the first corner or the first lap. That you can or have to look at the tires. As a result, he does very well learned, but when it comes down to it, he makes uncanny overtaking maneuvers, as the last Formula 2 races have clearly proven," Helmut Marko said according to Motorsport-magazine.com.
Franz Tost will give Tsunoda time to adapt to his new surroundings. "It takes a while, of course, until a driver is used to all of this," Tost explained. \
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"But I think in the second half, and if he knows the tracks like Barcelona, ​​Silverstone, Austria, Hungary, where he has already driven in Formula 2 and Formula 3, then hopefully he will really challenge Pierre.
"Show up close to him. I expect him to come to Q3 soon and collect points for the team."
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