Was Yuki Tsunoda Screwed Over?

[@herbertkraft7379]

The biggest injustice is that Yuki was locked down without the chance to move towards the other teams that had interest in him.

[@Matt04108]

The team needed him to stick around, they already knew they were firing both Ricciardo and Perez.

[@indcredible7839]

Lmao it's not like a top team was going for him either way. At best he'd have ended up at Sauber or Alpine. Alpine is a bad seat to have either way because that team will most likely be sold.

[@PanBami2023]

Yuki wouldn’t move up the grid anyway, it would be a gasly like move

[@indcredible7839]

@@PanBami2023 Yeah lmao, they're acting like he was getting the Mercedes or McLaren seat.

[@peterfighter]

Which "other teams had interest in him"?

[@nathanb286]

Hadjar and Tsunoda combination on the radio will need a personal bleeper because it will literally be every 5 seconds

[@MAINSTRATEGISTF1]

I know right

[@alecerdmann8505]

I'd love to see them allow drivers to talk to each other on the radio. Is it a good or safe idea for the performance on-track? Almost certainly not, but it would be great television!

[@sheilabalderas780]

@@alecerdmann8505 “Did you literally in the way, MOVE.” “lool no”

[@Brendan77able]

FIA: "Please tell VCASHGRAB they are on community service all year" - probabaly

[@Freddedonna]

Tsunoda: "*** **** **** *** * ****** ** * ****"

[@SensitiveVirmin1234]

The tinfoil hat was amazing holy shit I was on the floor. Aslo the PS1 start up sound was gold

[@Ceruzacsik]

Shit, I couldnt remember what was the sound, thank you! Good memories :)

[@d.b.cooper1]

At the end of the day Honda is what got him into F1, kept him in it longer than most RB driver last…and in the end Honda leaving is what’s keeping him out imo. Hence why they’ve always thought he’s not that guy.

[@boss_vision65]

Ikr 😂😂😂😂

[@JoshuaC923]

😂😂😂😂 immediately recognized PS loading sound

[@lahabrea]

amen to the ps1 sound

[@JustinRoberge]

Okay, the Sony “tinfoil hat” pun was good. But as a Canadian, the “Blame Canada” bit made me laugh way harder than I expected.

[@Witherbro08]

Same here. At least we had Jacques and Gilles Villeneuve at one point but it’s still sad to see stroll and latifi representing canada lately 😭

[@merijnfluitman5761]

Yuki should have been promoted because he is more disposable than Liam. There is a very big chance Liam's career will take the same trajectory as Alex and Pierre's. If this happens, he will be lucky to have a drive in 2026. Yuki is more experienced, and RB already know they don't want to keep him, so either he has an ok year against Max or he drowns while Liam gets the experience he needs to grow into his promotion for 2026.

[@alfie5371]

Valid, but from the Yuki perspective, if Liam does drown hard like Pierre, Albon and 2024 Checo. He's probably in the car for the 2nd half of the year, knowing he's losing his seat, he'll have nothing to lose but everything to prove so if he could do better, he could be in the RB in 2026

[@randomcommenterheredontmin4390]

I mean he is really only there because of Honda, and very likely to go to aston in 2026. Why bother giving a seat to an experienced guy you know is going to leave instead of a rookie who could burst out (or, at least, not straight up lose you the WCC)?

[@IanKim-s2i]

@@alfie5371 Let’s be honest. RBR would rather promote Hadjar in a 2016 Verstappen manner than even considering Yuki. Man the disrespect he has to endure is crazy, I just hope he finds a better drive in 2026

[@DaveFuucck]

Weird take

[@Parker--]

@randomcommenterheredontmin4390the same reason you don’t start your rookie quarterback behind a flimsy o-line or have your driver race without any practice laps. It’s a bad idea that can destroy the future of that driver. Yuki is the right call because it gives Liam a chance to work his kinks out while Yki performa better this year anyway.

[@farr1260]

Short answer : Yuki (Yes) , 5:10 , 12:29 Long answer : 00:00 - 14:45

[@matt_v_photo]

Thanks bro

[@t.k3579]

The president of anti-yapping is here 🐐

[@onlinecarpstudio6179]

doing the lord's work 🙏

[@dr_diddy]

god I hope RB never win a title with Max again. Toto isn't perfect but he actually does support his team/drivers, Bottas/Ocon/Russell have been treated fairly, Toto didn't stop til Bottas had a plan post Merc. Horner dropped Albon/Gasly midseason, kept Checo for (OMG IT'S BEEN!!) 4 years! and is now signing another rookie over a more experienced young Yuki. Credit to RB, they've had a strong academy but the past few years the decisions have truly been baffling.

[@freedfg6694]

Short answer. Yes Long answer. RedBull didn't screw him. Honda did.

[@DDHowellUK]

I wasn't expecting a Deflategate reference today but I'm happy about it.

[@FreedomIII]

Bloody hells, you actually pronounce the つ in Tsunoda correctly! It really feels nice to hear after hearing 80~90% of F1 commentators call him Sunoda over and over again 😢

[@Jef_Vermassen]

The Brits are famous for butchering any name out there. To me it feels like a lack of professionalism but to them its the norm. Sky's: Leclerk is a great example...

[@Speedster04_BRA]

I don't get why the commentators find that so hard

[@Speedster04_BRA]

​@@Jef_VermassenIt's worse here in Brazil; they get the difficult names right, but I've heard "Ricciardo" as both "Ritchy-ardo" and as "Rikardo" in the same race (forgot which one) and Checo is often called "Sérgio Pên!s" by accident ;-;

[@ronmastrio2798]

@@Jef_Vermassen Imagine if the Brits were as sensitive as everyone else when it comes to people mispronouncing their language. The whole world would grind to a halt.

[@rhdbenchmarks]

Always called him Ts-uu-noda. Perhaps my french tongue saving the day 😂

[@AuzzieDonkey]

So nice hearing and reading folks give Tsunoda the love he has earnt, he has truly turned into something worthy of an upper team seat. Here's to Antonelli flopping next year and him somehow ending up with Mercedes haha.

[@Paul_C]

How has he 'earned the love'? An overrated driver who only now, after multiple disaster years, might become slightly more than Perez? And Perez brings in more publicity than Tsunoda.

[@TheDurgh202]

No, he was moved up to appease Honda. But when Honda played the old "Its not you, its me" card and left RB to hook up with AM. Yuki became the old T-Shirt that Honda left behind when they moved out. I'd expect him to be driving for AM as soon as Alonso remembers how old he is

[@paperplane-db8qf]

There’s no way AM would replace a world champion with Tsunoda. They won’t win anything with a Tsunoda Stroll driver lineup. They will either bid for Hamilton once he leaves Ferrari, or try to somehow get Max, Russell, Lando or Leclerc.

[@Jesus_H._Tap-DancingChrist]

Yuki and Lance? No chance.

[@JCLA-pp2cd]

Drugovich is still there to take the Seat

[@PanBami2023]

Hahahah Yuki and Lance is a line up waiting to fumble championships. Max could have this year’s mercedes and AM this year’s McLaren and he would still win the wdc against those two. No if AM get the fastest car and Alonso quits, all targets will be on either Max or Lewis

[@junko4166]

​@@paperplane-db8qfThe Strulovitch family can't keep Lance there forever. They only own ~20% of the team. The other shareholders are bound to run out of patience soon now that their car is actually capable of fighting beyond the midfield.

[@chlcrk]

13:12 Bonus points for doing Lance & Lawrence as Terrence and Philip

[@sharptojo6420]

The whole “Yuki is a hot head” argument is so silly considering how Max conducts himself on occasion.

[@rahulacb11]

I think max gets away with it because his talent makes up for it.

[@RollsReus-tm6hu]

Precisely why they won’t give him the seat. They can’t afford to have two hot heads clashing with each other. Not about “we can’t handle Yuki” it’s about “we can’t handle the two of them bickering”

[@brooklynsbaby4367]

can't exactly compare Max and Yucki

[@pht9317]

Max is talented, Yuki is not.

[@HorsePonyHybrid]

especially when you see how childish liam was when checo was in eye sight

[@TravelGeeq]

What you said at the end makes perfect sense and after all this drama, I also came to the same conclusion" anyone that faces Max seemingly is doomed to fail. At least Yuki gets to stay in the RB family as the lead driver on a team. And like you mentioned, if Lawson crashes and burns halfway through, Yuki might be the one to replace him; they honestly don't have many options left because their entire system is messed up.

[@jackmonaghan8477]

Also, those pearl-clutching about F1 drivers swearing have clearly never heard Montoya's radio messages back in the day.

[@RACECAR]

I feel like if you hate swearing so much, Sport is by far the LAST thing you should be watching. High strung Athletes in High Stress situations? Not really sure what else was there to expect.

[@lunaticgamer75]

Also people forget the fact that Yuki and Liam head to head in races is still led by Liam in such short span of races

[@fermentexbelosrsty12]

That PS1 start up sound brought up memories, thanks 💙

[@jpaior]

They need 30 cars in the championship. (Yes I know it’s not practical or ever going to happen - again.) But it doesn’t stop me from wishing for it.

[@blueredlover1060]

I'd at least like to see a full 26 team grid. There's enough interested parties to make it happen.

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

@jpaior 30 cars? Well, here is my dream 15 teams (also not practical, too): 1) 🇦🇹 Red Bull 2) 🇬🇧 McLaren 3) 🇮🇹 Ferrari 4) 🇩🇪 Mercedes-AMG 5) 🇫🇷 Renault 6) 🇩🇪 BMW 7) 🇬🇧 Aston Martin 8) 🇮🇹 AlphaTauri 9) 🇬🇧 Williams 10) 🇩🇪 Audi 11) 🇩🇪 Porsche 12) 🇯🇵 Honda 13) 🇯🇵 Toyota 14) 🇫🇷 Peugeot 15) 🇺🇸 Cadillac Alternative version if "only" 13 teams: 1) 🇦🇹 Red Bull 2) 🇬🇧 McLaren 3) 🇮🇹 Ferrari 4) 🇩🇪 Mercedes-AMG 5) 🇫🇷 Renault 6) 🇩🇪 Audi 7) 🇬🇧 Aston Martin 8) 🇮🇹 AlphaTauri 9) 🇬🇧 Williams BMW 🇩🇪 10) 🇩🇪 Porsche 11) 🇯🇵 Honda 12) 🇯🇵 Toyota 13) 🇺🇸 Cadillac

[@B__L]

Completely disagree. F1 is a meritocracy and it should be extremely special to get a seat. (Unless daddy buys you one) There's 4 complete rookies in the 2025 grid and 2 more that haven't even completed a half seasons worth of races. If there were 30 cars on the grid you'd be hoping for 40 so that the 6th place guy in F2 and the 2nd place in Indycar got a chance boohoo.

[@andreysab3432]

Just go watch IMSA, WEC or NLS

[@clipobserver]

At most, 26 cars can enter the grid.

[@xtheamazingax]

Yes... and next year he'll be bumped out of the Red Bull program entirely when Arvid Lindblad moves up. Well, if he performs how I expect him to anyway.

[@Matt04108]

yep, Yuki is goneski after next season.

[@NZstylz-r7v]

Agree no Honda engine no Yuki four years to get to average.

[@LuBRe06]

2:00 Unexpected Tom Brady slander 10/10

[@Gbiese]

LMAO the Playstation startup theme 😂😂

[@sutha067]

Marko is at risk of for a 4th time not learning from his mistakes. Kvyat came in after one season, didn’t drown but not good enough. Gasly after 1 1/3 seasons, Drowned. Albon after half a season, not good enough. Now Lawson after 2 1/3s of a season.. If he drowns Marko needs to leave Red Bull, if tsunoda came in and drowned, at least we knew he had experience and didn’t have what it took.

[@OmarBaba-b2q]

Marko wanted yuki, horner wanted lawson, not down to mongo marko for once at all

[@sutha067]

@ Marko will become the scape goat, he’s the head of the junior driver programme after all, Horner has more influence, he can deflect the blame on Marko.

[@Limegreenedragon]

@@sutha067 and to complicate things further, Marko has the backing of RB's Austrian half, while Horner has the Thai side backing him

[@mike04574]

Let’s see if he has what it takes next season at rb. We can’t be too sure on Yuki yet

[@sutha067]

@@Limegreenedragon it’ll like the horny Horner Impass all over again lmao

[@saltbjorn]

I think to explain Christian Horner‘s perspective best, you’ve got to think about the fact that it took Liam very very little time at all to match (relatively speaking) Yuki, whereas Yuki‘s start in 2021 was much rougher and took a lot longer to settle in, and what the team needs is a driver that can very quickly just get into that Red Bull and be on it. TLDR: Liam‘s immediate pace shows more potential for the future than Yuki’s, considering the smaller timeframe and lack of experience

[@jwakefield6724]

Yuki Fanboys - Getting destroyed by Gasly across 2 seasons doesn’t count because he was new into F1 Also Yuki Fanboys - Yuki deserves the seat because he barely beat a rookie Liam across the 10 races he’s competed in

[@Matthew-zv8qe]

⁠​⁠@@jwakefield6724Liam won the head to head race finish over the 2 stints he had driving . I’d argue Yuki didn’t even win. I’d say it was a draw.

[@justinlacek1481]

Even if that was true, it'd be smarter to move Yuki up first. Even if Liam was for certain a more talented driver, you couldve given Liam a full year to acclimatize, especially since we know Yuki is at least reliable. Now, Liam has to do what basically every other driver has failed to do - and if he doesn't cut it, his career is probably over before it really begins. Sergio Perez was an amazing driver when he went to RB, way better than Liam, look at how that turned out. You have to have an insane amount of confidence in Liam

[@teknoindo]

@@justinlacek1481 but RBR doesnt care wether it will destroy liam career or not, what they care about is a driver that can be verstappen number 2.

[@aventusV33]

​@@Matthew-zv8qeYuki barely even won the race head to head against Ricciardo, even when Ricciardo was fucked over quite a few times.

[@unoriginalsyn]

I appreciate the pretty fair analysis you always give 🙏

[@brandonportman-secuur3144]

Wouldn't surprise me if Yuki gets a Honda IndyCar seat for Road and Street courses with Sato taking the ovals until Yuki is ready to do those too. He recent tested an IndyCar for a Honda promo at Thermal I think. In the meantime he will be Aston Reserve on Indy off weekends like Pato is doing. It wouldn't surprise me either if he picks up either Alonso's or Lance's seat at some point though. Honda wants to make sure they can keep attracting Japanese talent and showing them they have a road to the show. The battle between them and Toyota for top tier talent is real, and one of the reasons Honda had good young Japanese drivers is because of the F1 link. With Toyota taking on it's Haas partnership this Honda advantage is now gone and they still need to prove they can put good drivers in good seats.

[@Thefrogbread]

I love indycar

[@Comrade_Jason]

My issue with the "Let's give some perspective" arguments is no one ever mentions that Liam had a way newer engine than Yuki. So that hundredth there or tenth here would be a lot more if they had equal engines.

[@chrisbright8976]

what rubbish

[@Comrade_Jason]

@chrisbright8976 it's not rubbish. There's even radio messages about it. And you can go and look when Yuki got his engine and when Liam got his. If you don't think wear and tear and horsepower is gonna make a difference, I don't really know how to help you.

[@chrisbright8976]

@@Comrade_Jason 4 years of experience should have outweighed any new engine advantage.,. stop making excuses

[@sonypd9842]

@@chrisbright8976rubbish😂😂 you realise how important the cars are making up for performance? You’re clearly new to f1

[@chrisbright8976]

@@sonypd9842 been following F1 since the late 90's fully aware of that all cars perform differently.. which makes it even more impressive that liam could be with a few hundredths,

[@wmv8996]

Being attached to a parts sponsor can be a double-edged sword.

[@DenDave_]

I dont really think either he or Liam are good enough for the seat. Yuki did beat every one of his teammates, so if it was gonna be anyone from the side-team it should've been him, but at the end of the day his achievements still havent been all that impressive to say it warrants a seat in a title challenging team. I think RedBull should've went for Carlos, but they fumbled on that oppertunity.

[@ForestRacer1958]

Problem with Carlos is Jos .......

[@Kuromori-v9z]

@@ForestRacer1958 It's moreso Carlos Sr that doesn't get along with Jos.

[@florispieternella6991]

Yuki didn't beat Gasly

[@PanBami2023]

Yuki got destroyed by Gasly. In all fairness if we go based on pure performance Yuki shouldn't even have been in F1 past his first season, he even said so himself he was surprised they kept him on for 2022. There is a reason the rookie of the year award went to an F2 driver (oscar) instead of him. He had a stinker of a season and the only reason they kept him on was because of Honda.

[@sumdude1176]

Or bottas. Or hulk. Legit anyone with exp, proven grit and race prowess

[@frankhuurman3955]

all this video taught me was that I need to listen to the PS1 startup sound on a loop, what a nostalgia trip

[@boss_vision65]

😂😂😂 I k r. Maybe even a ringtone 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@spiderbhyd3]

Dude should just pull a gasly, even if he stays on he won’t be getting that seat for a long time

[@Mcqwin33]

Love the editing in this video, Josh! Top notch as always

[@MaCcAM40a3]

Everyone seems to forget, Liam has done 11 GP’s. Yuki has done 91. There’s really nothing between them currently pace wise. Liam hasn’t done any pre-season testing, has been racing on tracks he’s never raced on, has had zero development input into the car. Yet despite all this is essentially on par with a drive who has 80 more GP’s than them. So why would they give Yuki a seat? We all know doing your time is meaningless in F1

[@superjarri]

It's amazing how Lawson got the seat, even without taking Yuki into account. The guy has caused so many incidents, contacts and crashes and still didn't show any sign of being any better than average. I guess RedBull don't want someone to trully challenge Max and Yuki has shown that he's sometimes too combative and doesn't accept team orders very well.

[@NZstylz-r7v]

Load of rubbish Yukis Honda's golden child RB leave Honda so bye bye Yuki.

[@spazzmannz]

Josh, as a kiwi you MUST support Lawson despite any logical reasoning

[@lachlan1441]

Logical reasoning was given though?

[@joseastorga2881]

The tin foil playstaion bit was the funniest 10 seconds Revell has ever published

[@AkaczF1]

10:27 I like this when you used the PS1 Sound 😅

[@Rossoneri2]

I'm probably one of the few who's happy yuki wasn't given the seat. For as much talent Lawson has, I don't think rb will give him the support needed to fully extract it and he'll end up like the rest before him

[@kierendawson3707]

The fact that Liam was only 0.1 away in qualy, having no experience in F1 and close on some tracks he has never raced before, in a car that he hasnt set up yet to suit his style, shows his talent and potential is way above what yuki would be. Yuki is okay, at best. But has 4 years experience on liam who was keeping up on average.

[@ic3man]

13:42 glad you mentioned that.

[@marco_1909]

That lunge in Bahrain cooldown against DR was the final nail. I imagine no one at the main team would have wanted that along Max. He already wont keep up with Max, why add the jeopardy he might take your main driver out when he gets told to move out of the way. But RB also snaked him by extending his contract denying him a chance to move.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

That was shocking, F3 driver level move in your 4th season. Basically validated all his critics there

[@marco_1909]

@ Yep, he already had a hot headed reputation, why drag attention like that. Definitely also gave other teams second thoughts

[@Amm17ar]

That second RB seat is cursed lol. Nobody survives. You either thrive like Vettel, Ricky, or Max and get bumped up into the number 1 seat....or you drown like Perez, Albon, Gasly or Kvyat.

[@djjinoreacts]

What's the outro song? I love it.

[@thomassf3]

This was all part of Lawrence Stroll's masterplan. Send Checo to Red Bull, knowing he'll drown in the seat, allowing Yuki to drive for the team instead. After a year of driving for them, he will suddenly leave and join the Honda powered Aston Martin, giving them all the Red Bull inside secrets. Pretty smart guy. Shame that they gave it to Liam instead of Yuki!

[@EntropicExergy]

If the guy was so clever, he wouldn't keep his own son on at AM.

[@TheAllRounderMemes]

praying on red bull downfall 🙏

[@WilbanksUSMC]

I knew this was what your video was going to be on..great video again!

[@riadkolic5232]

Just because is short😭🙏🏻

[@herbertkraft7379]

Booster seats count towards the cost cap...

[@mike04574]

Most of them are

[@chrisclermont456]

Tsunoda never swore on his radio anymore than the other competitors!!

[@SirZuri]

He wasn't. RedBull openly stated that Yuki is currently the faster but the mentally weaker driver. And as seen with Gasly, Albon and Perez they need someone who is mentally resilient in the second seat. All those drivers are pretty good but crumbled under the pressure at RedBull. Tsunoda would be no different. Also his gap to Lawson is pretty small when taking into account that he has 8x the experience in F1.

[@kristofreibl975]

Its nice to see that someone finally gets it. Yuki should have destroyed Liam and become the leader of RB but its really close between them with Yuki having 4 seasons worth of experience as Lawson only has what, 10 races?

[@mike04574]

Liam has the better ceiling too

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Lawson’s mental strength is probably his best aspect. He has to put up with a lot in the past few years, overlooked for de Vries, the DTM farce where he was battling for a title, and being given just 6 races to earn a contract

[@DeathBlocks]

This is exactly how I feel about the situation. From the comparison between the two, skill level, to the conclusion. Should just link this video when someone asks what I think of the situation.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

Only reason Tsunoda even got into F1 was because of Honda's connection and that's also the only reason why he stayed as long as he did. In those 4 years, he made only slight improvements and only looked good because his teammates either underperformed badly (Ricciardo) or were just straight up bad (De Vries). If he is actually good enough, other team will pick him for 2026. If not, he at least had longer run than many drivers get. As for Lawson, he was trimmed for Red Bull seat for a while. That's why he was sent to DTM and Super Formula (AKA actually competitive senior series) and did well in both of them. He was also Red Bull's test driver for years and his substitute performances were, while not great, perfectly serviceable. Now, is he ready for Red Bull seat? I still have my doubts and I think that he could have used a full year in Toro Rosso (or whatever it's called now), but Red Bull screwed up by first giving seat to De Vries (based on single race performance) and then Ricciardo who they kept for another year. If not for those blunders, Lawson would have had 2 full seasons under his belt and it would be clearly seen how he stacks up against other drivers. As it is, it's anyone's guess what will happen next. I do hope that he does well and has similar year to Piastri's 2023 season. So yes - Red Bull did screw up but not in the way most people would say.

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

To be fair, lets not forget that VCARB also did absolutely arse on the pit strats. Even when either driver did great, like Imola for instance, it got tossed into the wind the moment they entered the pitlane.

[@PanBami2023]

De Vries is overhated a bit. He struggled at the start but was beating Yuki before he got sacked. If you look at averege grid position and race results Nycks are better than Yuki's. He just had bad luck that car was the worst on the grid and Yuki scored more points than him, but that is like saying Kubica beat Russell cause he did get a point and Russell didn't. Fact is Nyck was also still a rookie and Yuki had way more F1 experience. Nyck was performing on a similar level as Ricciardo. Which yes wasn't good enough but the only reason he was sacked was because Red Bull expected him to be an immediate performer and weren't interested in giving him time to develop.

[@oogawooho47]

yuki beat a formula e champion and f2 champion as well as an experienced 8 time race winner and past his second season he was much closer to gasly and he would have beat him if alpha tauris rear wing didn't break

[@WolfJustWolf]

Yeah, Honda is the only reason he made it to F1. His stellar performance in F2 had nothing to do with it at all. /s

[@samsea0489]

@@WolfJustWolf Your opinion is subjective

[@bucketslash11]

there is also the internal power struggle of Red Bull too, Yuki representing Marko and Lawson representing Horner

[@zaksacc]

Another point why Liam was considered for the seat - he has shown that he can adapt to different machinery, and has been quick in the ones he has driven in. Meaning he can adapt if the car isn’t tailored to his liking, like Checo complained during his time there. Liam isn’t there to compete with Max, he’s there to pick up the points Max leaves. Yuki wouldn’t sit by and let Max take the role because of his short tempered personality

[@Thefrogbread]

Short answer: yeah Long answer: yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

[@TipOfTheSpear907]

Turning the Frogs Gay!! 10:37

[@scottking8189]

I think as well as the yuki Trojan horse thing their main concern is what if he does well in redbull as a future rival driver since Honda will be fords competitor. It just makes things look a little awkward when a future competitor does well in the top team

[@carlrockell6175]

Not possible for a paid Honda driver to drive for a team changing to Ford in a years time

[@QuickieHistie]

I like how its a more complicated story, when in interlagos they had crazy rains which yuki has had more experience with in his time at Alpha / Vcarb

[@Exequor1]

Good job like always Josh! It is hard to make content without offending people, and i think netflix destroyed the sport, even though it have more people watching it. rational thinking is rare now, even though u made perfect sense in video, people will still complain. RB have analysis, they have so many championships under their belt, and ppl acting like they don't know what they are doing.

[@magnustan841]

They just hear the opinions of journalists and other content creators of F1 and regurgitate them, to make them sound like they know wheel

[@ChristinaMaterna]

"yuki will still throw a fit if there's raisins in his biscuit" 😂😂😂 But then i raise it with the Lawson finger

[@danaborris345]

Yes, he was. Yuki has actually proven himself and has been held to a different standard than Lawson.

[@mischavanasperen3063]

There was never a standard to be held; Yuki is Honda. Honda left. Simple as that.

[@tjroelsma]

How has Yuki proven himself? By throwing tantrum after tantrum? By getting involved in many accidents? By Red Bull having to hire a coach to help him with his anger management? Yuki Tsunoda ONLY got that position because HONDA wanted him there. When Honda walked away from F1, that meant Yuki would have to prove himself on his own merits and he didn't succeed in doing that. Yes, he has calmed down somewhat and yes, he now consistently puts in decent performances, but Yuki no longer has Honda backing and thus doesn't bring anything into Red Bull. And you can't even argue that he didn't get a fair chance, because he has been with Red Bull for more years than other rookie drivers, who sometimes didn't even get a single season to prove themselves.

[@samsea0489]

@@tjroelsma You literally just said Tsunoda throws tantrums and hasn’t proved himself and then you contradict yourself saying that Tsunoda has calmed down and put in decent performances. Make up your mind.

[@h.a.9880]

@@tjroelsma Look at his scorenboard, look at his teammates and their respective results. Yuki did _very_ well against all his teammates up to this point, including Lawson. Had Lawson put out a mind-blowing performance, I'd see things differently, but so far, I've not seen anything that'd make me expect him to perform that well. He had squabbles with Perez at the start, had nay of those situations happened with Yuki, you'd list them as reasons why Yuki isn't up to snuff I am sure. Be that as it may, Yuki has done well these past years and he's being ignored in favor of, let's face it, a total nobody, that doesn't even perform any better than Yuki. This alone is reason enough for me to not support RB next season. It's a fucking slap in the face.

[@jwakefield6724]

@@h.a.9880why are you ignoring that rookie Yuki got obliterated by Gasly across two seasons but somehow him barely beating a rookie Lawson is massively in his favour?

[@alexohkay]

There is definitely an element of old school race involved here imo. I'm not talking about the going fast in cars type of race either.

[@ralach]

"Probably deflated the hulls, or something.." I understood that reference! >

[@daveroberts1099]

Liam is more of a known quantity to RBR than we think , they have all the data . I saw CH say two years ago that they were looking at Liam as a potential team mate for Max ,so not really surprising.

[@traviss9059]

Wouldn't have picked either of them. Just let Max drive both cars, they'd score more points that way.

[@numbers7905]

I agree with the sentiment that it would have made sense to give Yuki the Red Bull seat for 2025 in order for Liam to get more experience in F1, but if Red Bull is going to get rid of Yuki by the end of next year they may have felt that it wasn’t worth promoting him. It’s apparent that senior Red Bull management doesn’t like Yuki very much and he’s only there to placate Honda. In reality, I think it comes down to attitude and expectations. Liam will happily play a support role for Max for a couple of years whereas Yuki, having been in F1 for four years, may not be willing to do so. Yuki is probably more likely drive straight into Max by attempting overly aggressive overtakes in order to prove to Horner/Marko that he’s the real deal. Moreover, Max may just not want him as his teammate. The decision isn’t “fair” in the true sense of the word, but life isn’t fair either. So, Yuki is just going to have to get on with it and try to impress the other teams on the grid.

[@frederick.gehlhoff]

"So why didn't you hire Yuki?" "hE gEtS tOO aNgRYYYYYYY!!!"

[@Azeria]

Getting to drive the second car at Red Bull is _not_ the opposite of getting screwed over.

[@the_smokin_duck]

Yuki Tscrewedover

[@amirviola71]

Josh you are amazing! This is a FiNe piece...

[@magnustan841]

For me, it’s simple. Yuki has become good in 4 years and around 90 races, Liam is overall, almost matching him in just 11 races. Plus, Liam has tested for Red Bull, he’s been their sim driver too, directly helping with car development so he should know how to get close to the ceiling of an actual Red Bull car. To summarise, Red Bull have invested a lot in Liam since his junior days and is likely to have a higher ceiling than Yuki, so I can see why they went for him.

[@miker7920]

This, it's so obvious. All the tinfoil surrounding this decision is ridiculous.

[@VioletEyes_official]

Overall my ass, Yuki obliterated him these last 5 races!

[@BaileySavva]

@@VioletEyes_official mexico? qatar? abu dhabi? "obliterated" did you even watch this season?

[@VioletEyes_official]

@BaileySavva Did YOU? Mexico doesn't count since Yuki had a lap 1 DNF, Yuki was way faster in Qatar, and both RBs had a pretty forgettable Abu Dhabi.

[@ronmastrio2798]

@@VioletEyes_official Yuki got obliterated by Gasly which soured any hopes Red Bull had of him being a star driver.

[@WezMan444]

The underlying fact is that Ford are not going to want a Honda driver in the team when they arrive, so it’s largely irrelevant how well Yuki performed.

[@bigsmooshflopdong33]

After 4 years Yuki is barely ahead of Liam who has 11 races to his name. That says it all........ how much better do you think Yuki is going to get after 4 years.....

[@TyresePeoples]

crazy that was a great drive in ‘the GP that shall not be named’ for yuki but no one remembers that part of the race 😅

[@pixelomega3042]

3:30 Red Bull can (in my opinion) never claim Yuki’s attitude is what kept him out of that seat. Max Verstappen had a worse attitude this year than Yuki did. Looking primarily at Hungary and Mexico. The worst we’ve seen out of Yuki this year was him getting pissed at the driver swap call in Bahrain, Max openly threw the entire RBR race team under the bus in Hungary, I’m sure we all remember, “you guys gave me this s*** strategy I’m just trying to rescue what’s left.”

[@rfluff613]

This doesn’t make any sense. Max is a 4 time world champion and is miles quicker than Yuki. If Yuki was a verstappen talent I don’t think there would be any question about where he would be

[@pixelomega3042]

@ Mate, you said nothing in the response. I didn’t point out how fast they are individually because obviously it would be different if Yuki was on Max’s level. My point was, Red Bull cannot use Yuki’s attitude as a reason he didn’t get the call up, BECAUSE Max has been a screaming child at least once every year since 2015.

[@ronmastrio2798]

@@pixelomega3042 Well they can because not all drivers are the same a midfield driver with an attitude is a liability while a multiple time world champion with an attitude can be managed.

[@pixelomega3042]

@@ronmastrio2798 thats a cop out, especially for a team that preaches a singular culture that pervades all parts of said team. One of NOT pointing the finger and everyone working in stride.

[@lisaruhm6681]

Does Yuki have the talent to afford that attitude?

[@ericophile]

If I'm not wrong, Only Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen completed a full season with RB's junior team, then they were promoted to senior team and got success. I'm not sure about Ricciardo and Kvyat, but for the rest of them, their story wasn't as same as Vettel and Max. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

[@Stig84]

I dont understand the hype of Yuki, hes not championship winning material imo

[@DiegoMartinez-ny7gv]

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[@TheFinalMeowntdown]

I'm a Liam fan and I previously wrote Yuki off but he came into his own this season. Even so, I'd have been fine with him getting passed over if the way it was handled wasn't just blatant racism. It was painfully clear that they made their minds up the second they dropped Daniel. Liam is the right choice, but - if you're gonna hop on the first flight out of Abu Dhabi while letting Yuki do the millionaire racing driver's equivalent of the younger sibling playing with an unplugged controller just to appease Honda and/or the fans - the decision to pick the Kiwi says nothing about the drivers and everything about the toxic bigotry of Horner and his upper management. Even if Yuki had crashed and burned in the RB20. Which he emphatically didn't.

[@queden1841]

I actually think the pressure of being Verstappens teammate would bring Uki to his ultimate maximum. But that'd also bring along a pushing over the limit sometimes

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Two things went against him here 1) He got demolished by Gasly, someone already deemed not good enough. For everyone saying “it was only his first 2 seasons” Red Bull don’t care. They promoted Vettel after a season, Kvyat after a season, Max after a season, Gasly after a season, Albon after 12 races. In their eyes, talent shows itself right away 2) Bahrain 2024 was unacceptable and no top team puts up with that. After 3 seasons, when all the talk was that he changed, he improved his attitude. Instead he basically validated all the criticism after 1 race

[@ronmastrio2798]

Strange how some people think Yuki shouldn't be judged on his first two years but Lawson should be judged on not even half a season.

[@NZstylz-r7v]

Yuki took years to get to current stage Lawson already his equal or better after Six races plus Red bull s out to change engine supplies from Yukis biggest sponsor so it's a no brainer Lawson will do well with Max as teammate

[@ogTryhard21]

First it was "Okay Nick. If you beat Yuki we might consider you to join the main team." Then it was "Okay Daniel you might get the Red Bull seat if you beat Yuki." THEN it was "Okay Liam, you beat Yuki you'll be considered for a Red Bull Racing seat." Yuki has done absolutely everything asked of him from Helmut and Christian since the start of 2022, over and over again. There is absolutely no reasonable reason he's not scheduled to be rocking Red Bull Racing overalls in Bahrain next year. Absolutely ridiculous.

[@ronmastrio2798]

Technically first it was "okay Yuki if you beat Gasly we might consider you to join the main team" he failed massively in that respect but his fans seem to have quite a short memory.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

He was awful in 2022 lol He was 17th in the standings with just 12 points on the board (Ricciardo got sacked for this btw)

[@mattthom8148]

Surprised you didn’t mention Lawsons junior record tbh; 2nd in DTM, 3rd in F2 and 2nd in Super Formula in consecutive years. Ok no championships but shows how adaptable he is in three very different but highly competitive series

[@tspawn35]

Hold up. You are letting recency bias of his final season distract you from the rest of his tenure at RB. Perez was 4th in the drivers championship his first year. 3rd in his second year and 2nd in his 3rd year. He wasn't floundering at all until his final season were even when he was running well he'd be taken out of the race.

[@hallamhal]

Absolutely, he clung on longer than any other number two driver with Max to date, that's pretty good going

[@cricketmad27]

He was definitely floundering in 2023 but the car was so dominant

[@RACECAR]

@@hallamhal To be honest though, look at where Red Bull was when Albon and Gasly joined versus where they were by the time Perez joined. I'd argue if either Alex or Pierre was there when Red Bull were dominant then Red Bull wouldn't really care in the same way they did with Sergio. I honestly think the only reason Perez lasted was because he came in at the perfect time when Red Bull were nearly untouchable so being the second guy didn't matter too much because the Golden boy and his rocketship alone was good enough to leave behind every other 2 car team. The fact that he got ousted only THIS year at a time when Red Bull didn't have the fastest car for once only leans more towards that direction.

[@miokujou]

On the bright side Yuki doesn't need to bear the brunt of the 2nd seat curse of Red Bull.

[@megusta9268]

If youre not going to pick yuki you cant pick liam. Thats a flat truth. The only case which this makes sense is if they needed somebody who wouldnt rock the boat and dont care about performance.

[@PanBami2023]

Liam was the only remaining choice. If F1 was based on merit Sainz would've gotten this seat. They could've tried Seb Vettel if they wanted someone else, but I think they wanted to get someone from their academy again. And tbf Tsunoda just isn't it. He got destroyed by Gasly, has a lot of crashes. Defeated a (very old) rookie and past his prime Ricciardo (barely) and now is very closely challenged by a guy who never even properly started a F1 season. Based on performance Mercedes should've gotten Fred Vesti instead of Antonelli as well, but they seem to see more potential in Kimi, I never heard anyone cry about that.

[@takumifujiwara13954]

@@PanBami2023 you must have been living under a rock if you think nobody questioned Toto's decision to sign Antonelli.

[@aliataciciek]

they actually can pick anyone they want and they did lol

[@megusta9268]

@aliataciciek marko said today that liam is worse than tsunoda and they only hired him for mentality. So no speed and not rocking the boat is a completely accurate takeaway.

[@PanBami2023]

@ Well who did? The guy was hyped up for that seat ever since Hamilton announced he was going to leave. Sure there were some haters after his F2 performance wasn’t memorable in any way, but nowhere near the backlash I see with this. I don’t see any videos ‘Was Vesti screwed over?’ Going around.

[@melon06h]

The craziest take I've heard during this entire discourse is "That seat should be Daniel's"💀

[@exiledcapybara1690]

All the people trying to justify putting a slow driver in a redbull over someone with years loads of experience is crazy. What happened to “at the end of the day it’s about pace”?

[@h.a.9880]

It's about pace, performance and reliability... until you mention the name Tsunoda. Suddenly no achievement matters, no performance is good enough and any mistake is blown out of proportion. It's wild, I genuinely do not understand why so many people hate on the guy. I mean, he's not exactly the reincarnation of Ayrton Senna, but he's a good driver and people talk about him like he's worse than Mazepin.

[@ronmastrio2798]

All the people acting like Tsunoda is the next Senna are even crazier. The guy was trash in his first two seasons and being a solid midfield driver after than isn't exactly setting the word alight. He'll never get over the perception of being dusted by Gasly who Red Bull had already deemed not good enough.

[@h.a.9880]

@@ronmastrio2798 Are these people that pretend Tsunoda is the next Senna in the room with us right now? Cause I've certainly never seen such claims being made even jokingly. And what you write is unfair. His first season was rather weak, sure, but Gasly scored 23 points in '22 and Tsunoda scored 12. Is that such a huge difference? Given how slow the AlphaTauris are, having Tsunoda get bogged down in the midfield says more about the cars than it does the driver.

[@exiledcapybara1690]

@@ronmastrio2798 thats right so you’d put the person with literally not a single full season in F1 to his name and claim “his ceiling is higher”

[@bonesknowspod]

It’s not about the best people. It’s about the best team. Hard to see that in Verstappenland, but it’s still true.

[@james.m.evans.]

Personally I think Yuki was never going to get it because of how long it took to adapt in f1. He only stayed in the seat because of the Honda connection. He has become an amazing driver but being a red bull driver requires someone who can drive anything fast, something Liam has proven by stepping in and giving good accounts of himself. No, on last year he doesn't deserve it but his ceiling is higher than we've seen in his short tenures and he's demonstrated great adaptability (so less likely to drown in that second seat}

[@andrewprice9444]

Your take is the most balanced , thanks for huge effort to be this good - period .

[@The123Orion123]

Actually it’s not. He missed out a lot. It just gave you the answer you were shopping for.

[@andrewprice9444]

Interested on your take .. how so ? What did he miss

[@janwojtya3280]

Yuki Tsunoda has the attitude of Max Verstappen without his skillset - worst type of personality. He is like your low rank CS/League of Legends friend who thinks he is challenger but yet is stuck for 7th year in low gold/silver for whatever reason other than him being mediocre

[@roymcdre9180]

Remember this in a few months when all 4 redbulls are fighting for 7th

[@jonathanschreiber6053]

First of, how tf do you know this man's personality from 5sec clips of his voice while doing extreme sports picked by a TV director whose job it is to create drama? And second he made it to formula one on merit, that automatically makes him a minimum global elite. He's literally in the top 15 F1 drivers in the world ATLEAST. He is the best Formula one driver to ever come out of Japan. He's the second best driver in the red bull F1 family. And so on and so on

[@sswishbone]

Moment Lawson scored points before either Ricciardo or Tsunoda got him that drive. One thing Red Bull are known for is seizing on a swift performance... Like with De Vries, Gasly, Albon... *insert GTA San Andreas clip*

[@TheShockninja]

#JusticeForYuki

[@Sleepy.Time.]

Yuki is without question the last person Max wants as a teammate, team asks him to move over and his response is trying to torpedo his teammate on the cool down lap. Yuki is a headcase.

[@Krazy_Gamer]

Yes. Yes he was.

[@milanwyd441]

yeah, by himself. he wasnt good enough.

[@JJBTEXAS494]

If history repeats itself, Yuki will be in the RB seat after summer break 😅

[@Billy_McLovin_Hope]

3:43 Josh, buddy, #TeamLH is now Ferrari's problem. I think we can now call it 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix without any worries.

[@ECCvideo78]

Like it is only a teamLH problem 😮

[@Billy_McLovin_Hope]

@ECCvideo78 Besides them, who else had an actual problem with the race?

[@adu2018debater]

Yuki recently said to the Japanese fans "Next year's highlight would be how kind I could be to Redbull"

[@chrisclee6693]

Yes. Incredibly screwed over. Lawson is good - but is not better than Tsunoda. Tsunoda is of course the guy who has pasted the majority of his team mates.

[@ronmastrio2798]

Tsunoda got pasted by Gasly shortly after he got pasted by Verstappen. He's never gonna get over the perception of being massively outperformed by a guy they already deemed not good enough.

[@lisaruhm6681]

If Tsunoda and Lawson are equal, a team will likely pick the younger and less experienced guy over the older one, due to having more time to grow left.

[@Mayoisglue]

This is mayoisglue speaking. This season coming up will be Yuki best yet, 8th place in drivers championship ahead of 9th place Lawson by a few points