Yuki Tsunoda will remain at RB for the 2025 Formula 1 season after the team took up an option to extend the Japanese driver's contract for a further year.
Yuki Tsunoda will remain at RB for the 2025 Formula 1 season after the team took up an option to extend the Japanese driver's contract for a further year. The 24-year-old's hopes of earning a promotion to Red Bull from the reigning constructors' champions' junior squad ended earlier this week when Sergio Perez was given a two-year extension to remain as Max Verstappen's team-mate.
However, given the strength of his performances, it is unsurprising that RB have taken up their option to keep hold of Tsunoda for at least one more year. RB team principal Laurent Mekies said: 'I watched Yuki's progress in Formula 1 with interest even before I returned to Faenza and it's been impressive, year after year. The step up he has made this year is simply phenomenal, and he keeps surprising us all, race after race.
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