Yuki Tsunoda says he ‘appreciates’ McLaren boss Zak Brown’s comment that he should be driving for Red Bull following his impressive display at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Tsunoda starred in the season-opener, out-qualifying b🏅oth ꧋Ferraris to secure fifth on the grid.

This was in stark contrast to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson, who had a torrid weekend for Red Bull.

Lawson was knocked out in Q1 before retiring from ༒the꧑ race.

Red Bull overlooked Tsunoda in terms of being Sergio Perez’s re🐼placement as they ulti༺mately opted for Lawson.

After qualifying, Brown couldn’t resist but commenting on the Red Bull situation, telling Sky S𝄹ports: “Yuki did a great job. [He is] probably the guy who should be in the Red Bull if you look at how he👍’s performed, but they seem to make some strange driver choices from time to time.”

Tsunoda referr🅺ed to Brown’s remark when s🧔peaking to media in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.

“These things have been going on since l🎃ast year [after the] first race. Daniel-Checo, myself-Checo, Liam-Checo. It’s a bit of a tradition for our group. It’s positive but at the same time, I just have to keep [doing] what I’m doing.

“In the end, they chose this line-up last year at the end of the season. Maybe they have a clear plan for the future, I don’t know𝐆.”

Missed opportunity for Tsunoda

Australia proved to beꦑ a missed opportunity for Tsunoda and Racing Bulls.

Tsunoda remained inside the top six for most of the race, even overtaking 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclercಞ during the transition from dry tyres to inter꧅mediates.

However, like Ferrari, RB misjudged the strategy, meaning Tsunoda plummeted out of th🐻e points.

Tsunoda revealed that the team apolog﷽ised to him after ℱfor their strategy blunder.

“It was hard for myself as well to monitor every single corner because every lap it kept changing,” he added. “The lap before🐓, sector one 𓆉was not raining, but one lap later it was complete rain and we reacted too late.

“I don’t think I made a mistake, to be honest, in t🧸erms of communications and everything, I’m pretty happy with it.

“It just didn’t go the wa🌃y we wanted. Th🤪e safety car came out a lap after I pitted, which wasn’t bad.

“At the same time, we know what has happened, and the team aꦜpologised to me right after the race.”