F1 drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson suit up in their new race suits for the Red Bull Racing Show Run on Wednesday (April 2) in Tokyo, Japan.
The two made their first official appearances since it was revealed last week that they would be swapping teams – Yuki moved up to Red Bull, while Liam was demoted back to Racing Bulls for the remainder of the season.
Yuki and Liam were joined at the event by their respective teammates Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar as they put on a show and hyped up fans.
The Formula 1 drivers will next head to Suzuka, Japan, for the upcoming 2025 Formula 1 Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix, which kicks off a triple header starting this weekend!
Ahead of the upcoming race this weekend, Yuki opened up about making the switch to Red Bull and prepping for driving the new car.
Keep reading to find out more…
“It can’t get crazier than this situation,” he told F1.com. “I’m sure there’s a lot of pressure from Red Bull, this home Grand Prix, but I think the only thing I can do is enjoy [it] for now.”
“If I feel 100% comfortable with the car, and understand the car, I think the result will come automatically. I just can’t wait to get on the track as soon as possible and feel the car from Free Practice 1,” Yuki continued. “I’m sure it won’t be easy, it’s very time limited [with the on-track sessions], but I just have to do as much as possible to give the feedback and make it work – and for now, I’m feeling pretty good confidence.”
How much prep as he had with the RB21?
“Just about two days,” he said of simulator sessions he had at the Red Bull factory in Milton Keynes, England. “I had a lot of promotion [activities] planned between China and Japan, and I had to cancel a couple of things.”
“I think [with] the preparation that we’ve done, we’ve maximised it at least. If you ask me if it’s enough, I don’t know. I can’t really say confidently ‘yes’, but at least I know that it was a very, very productive two days,” Yuki continued. “We tried a lot of set-ups [in the simulator] and we found a direction we want to go in, to start [with] at least. FP1 I’m really excited [about], how the car behaves.”
FP1 (Free Practice 1) at the Japanese Grand Prix begins THIS Thursday (April 3) at 10:30pm ET/7:30 PT. The race will take place on Sunday (April 5) at 10pm ET/PT!
Browse through the gallery to see more photos of the Red Bull and Racing Bulls drivers at the Red Bull Racing Show Run in Tokyo…
