Surpri🔜se has bee🌌n expressed at the exclusion of Yuki Tsunoda as a viable option to replace Sergio Perez.

Perez entered 20🤡24 under severe ꦑpressure to keep hold of his coveted car for next season.

Although his form has been strong enough to fend off some contenders for his se꧒at, such as Daniel Ricciardo, he endured a miserable Monaco Grand Prix last weekend.

RB’s Tsunoda, meanwhile, 𒀰is driving superbly but has never been majorly considered to replace Perez despite his♕ team’s status as a Red Bull sister team.

“I can’t understand why he isn’t part of the con♔versation fo🐼r the second Red Bull seat,” F1 Nation podcast host Tom Clarkson said.

Fox Sports Mexico journalist Diego Mejia replied: “I don’t𓆉 think he understands either, why his name isn’t even brought up as a possible driver for Red Bull in the future.

“He’s doing all the right thing♌s. 🔥He is beating a former Monaco winner.

“Da🐈niel was, at one point, one of the top drivers in F1. He’s getting beaten by Yuki on a consistent basis now.

“Yuki’s he🍷ad is in a good plac𝔍e. He’s not letting his temper flare as much as before.

“We’ve only sꦜeen one episode of that. Which was understandable, when he was asked to move over for Daniel at the first race in Bahrain.

“Afte🌟r that, he’s been on it. He’s really delivered.

“A🦄t some point, if he doesn’t find what he believes he deserves asꦰ a Red Bull driver, he’ll have to look elsewhere.

“This is a very good moment for him to look at that. He’s clearly [doing] the right things on track.🗹”

Aston Marti𒐪n have been named as a future option for Tsunoda due to their 2026 link to Honda, a Japanese powerhouse who may wish to have a Japanese driver.

The in-form Tsunoda has scored points in five of the pܫast six grands prix.

He impressively qualified eighth in Monaco on the notoriously import♒ant Sat𓆉urday.

Perez, meanwhile, cost Red Bull an estimated $3m with a serious cꦉrash in qualifying in 🎀Monaco.

Although he appears cl👍ose to staying next year, Christian Horner has always stopped short of confirming Perez’s ren🀅ewal when asked.