Even for a team with a reputation for making sudden midseason driver swaps, to move this early in the year feels abrupt.

Yuki Tsunoda has admitted his comments that the Red Bull F1 car suits his driving style was “a bit of a sales pitch” at last year’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi. Yet he insisted that the RB21 was not particularly “tricky” when he tried the car in Red Bull’s simulator despite Liam Lawson’s woes at the start of the F1 2025 season.

Yuki Tsunoda has opened up on his first impression of the RB21 after his recent Red Bull swap. After just two rounds of the season, it was ruled that Liam Lawson would return to Racing Bulls, with Tsunoda stepping into his position.