168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda finds himself coming towards an F1 career crossroads after being overlooked by the senior Red Bull tea🍎m.

Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:decision t꧙o promote Racing Bulls teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson over Tsunoda as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s replacement for 2025 means he will contest a fifth season at their second team. H🔜e is expected to be joined by Red Bull junior and Formula ♛2 championship runner-up Isack Hadjar.

It 🐟is the clearest sign yet that Red Bull do not view Tsunoda as a serious option and that they believe he is best suited to race for their sister squad where he can be an excellent yardstick to judge their other junior drivers against.

While that has served Tsunoda ꩵwell for several years, he feels he is now ready for the step up.

“All I can control is my performan☂ce like I’m showing this year so far,” Tsunoda, who outqualified Lawson at all of the six races the New Zealander contested at the end of 2024, recently told Sky🗹 Sports F1.

“I꧒ trust myself and show my consistent results as much as possible and hopefully they’ll change their mi🍒nd.

“I’ll do as much as I can✃ and I know what I can do when I step into Red Bull.”

Despite claiming to have “impressed” Red Bull witಌh his technical feedback in his end-of-season test outing in the RB20, he won’t get that opportunity, with Lawson instead getting the nod fඣor 2025.

Tsunoda has proved he is quick over one lap, holding a better qualifying🐓 record than both Ricciardo and Lawson. He has also become a more consistent driver and worked on his temperament and tendency to have outbursts over team radio - which was viewed as his biggest weakness.

Now 24 and an experienced grand prix driver with close to 100 starts to his name, the Japaꦉnese racer faces a difficult choice for career; stick with the Red B🥃ull family in the hope he can still change their minds, or leave and start afresh elsewhere. 

Where else could Tsunoda go? 

Red Bull have exercised their option to retain Tsu🙈noda but the deal only covers the 2025 season, meaning that he will be a free agent for 2026 - when F1’s regulations will be overhauled.

Perhaps the most intriguing option💮 for Tsunoda, were he to decide to cut ties with Red Bull, would come at Aston Martin.

Excit🥂ingly, Aston Martin are about to become Honda’s works F1 team when the Japanese manufacturer takes over their power unit supply from Mercedes as part of a de⛄al from 2026.

Tsunod𓄧a has already found himself linked to Aston Martin as a result of൩ being a Honda-backed driver.

But such a move woul𝔍d ultimately depend on factors outside of Tsunoda’s control.

The first is whether168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso decides to extend his legendary F1 career beyond the end of the 2026 season when hisꦯ current💃 contract expires.

The two-time world champion, who will be 45 when his deal runs out, has admitted he is treating 2026 like his final F1 season. How💃ever, the Spaniard is keeping the door open to prolonging his career.

Aston Martin’s𒈔 competitiveness at the start of F1’s new rules era - with a car designed by Adrian Newey - will be the biggest influence behind Alonso’s decision. If he believes there is any chance of winning a third world title, he will✨ surely stay put.

The other seat is occupied by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll, son of Aston Martin’s billionaire opener Law💎rence. The drive is effectively Stroll’s for as long as he wants to keep racing and it is hard to imagine his father kicking his son out of the team.

As much as ܫthe Aston Martin-Honda collaboration would have obvious appeal for Tsunoda, there m♏ay be no room at the inn.

Alternatively, there could be openings at the soon-to-be Audi F1 team for 2026 depending on how new recruits168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Nico Hulkenberg and rookie Gabriel Borto🎐leto perform, or at Cadillac, who look poised to become the world cha👍mpionship’s 11th team.

The General Motors-backed project may be an option for Tsunoda if he wants to look to build a team around him, similar to what past Red Bull drivers 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly have gone🌃 on to do at Williams and Alpine res♚pectively.

Tsunoda can also take inspiration from the success 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz has had since cutting ties with Red Bull 🔯after he too was 🍃overlooked.

The four-time grand prix winner, who has gone on to race for McLaren, Ferrari and is making the move to Williams, has shown that sometimes the 💙grass is greener elsewhere.

Re🌃d Bull’s snuꦛb might just prompt Tsunoda to consider a change of environment.