Yuki Tsunoda has admitted that Red Bull’s 2025 Formula 1 car is “trickier” to drive than he exp꧙ected after his first on-track running in the RB21 in Friday practice for thꦚe Japanese Grand Prix.

Tsunoda had previously stated that Red Bull’s latest challenger wasn’t 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:as “challenging” or “strange” as many had claimed a🐻fter sampling it in a simulator last week.

This had suggested that the Japanese driver may have an easier time gelling with a car in which 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson sꦑtruggled so much that he was demoted from the team aft𝐆er just two races.

However, having now actually driven the RB21 in the real world at Suzuka, Tsunoda has a different opinion about the behavi🅺our of the 🤪car.

Yuki Tsunoda describes 2025 Red Bull F1 car

Asked for his first impressions of Red Bull’s 2025 F1 car, which finished on the podium in Australia in the hands of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, he told𒁏 F1’s official website: “What I felt is a bit different to the simulator, to be honest. Maybe a little bit more than I expected in terms of the car feeling.

“I knew anyway it's going to be always a bit differe﷽nt in the real car [but] it was just a little bit more exaggerated in the real car. [It is] feeli💙ng a bit more tricky.”

Former 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Racing Bulls driver Tsunoda has been drafted💖 into Red Bull’s flagship team after Lawson’s tricky start to the season in Australia and China, with the two drivers effectively swapping places on the grid.

Tsunoda had previously got a chance to drive Red Bull’s 2024 F1 cꦚar at the Abu Dhabi test in December, but this weekend marks his first ouﷺting as an official Red Bull driver.

The 24-year-old made an immediate impression in F�🌌�P1 on Friday, setting the sixth-fastest overall time and ending up just a tenth slower than teammate Verstappen.

On Friday afternoon, he was unable to set a flying lap due to constant st🔯oppages, while Verstappen finished eighth in the sister car.

Tsunoda said there is “sti🅠ll a lot of work to do” ov🅺ernight, as he continues his preparation for his home race weekend at Suzuka.

“FP1 was better than expected, good start for myself,” he said when asked to sum u🐓🦩p his day.

“[In] FP2, I didn't set a lap time. I think lots of work to do. maybe slightly struggled or something. We hav𝔍e to look through data in fp2 more.

“But so far overall it's okay. I just haveܫ to be a bit more confident.”