Yuki Tsunoda: I want to help Max in the fight for the title

Yuki Tsunoda: I want to help Max in the fight for the title

      At the beginning of the year Yuki Tsunoda pinned great hopes on a move to Red Bull Racing, but with two races left in the season the Japanese driver sits seventeenth in the drivers' standings and does not know whether his contract will be extended.

      In Qatar Tsunoda was asked if he was upset that he still doesn't know what awaits him in the future. To that Yuki replied: "Upset? No, because I knew it would be like this from the moment this story began. So I'm not really upset.

      Nothing has changed for me, but there is a small difference, namely that Max is now contending for the title. And I definitely want to be part of that and help Max.

      To do that I need to be at the front of the pack, which would also be good for me. I think that would lead to positive changes in my future."

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Yuki Tsunoda: I want to help Max in the fight for the title

At the start of the year, Yuki Tsunoda had high hopes of moving to Red Bull Racing; however, with two rounds left in the season, the Japanese driver sits seventeenth in the drivers' standings and does not know whether his contract will be renewed.