Yuki Tsunoda 'must be considered as a candidate' for Aston Martin-Honda F1 seat
On Wednesday Honda announced their 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:formal return to F1 from 2026, with Aston Martin striking an agreement to become the Japanese manufacturer’s official works partner once their existing Mercedes e꧑ngine customer deal expires.
Although he a🅠dmitted it is too soon to talk about dr👍ivers for 2026, Honda Racing Corporation president Koji Watanabe said he hopes current AlphaTauri driver Tsunoda will be in contention.
“He is originally from our school and in Formula 1 he is doing very well. We’re very happy to see him succeeding,” W🍒atanabe said.
“But t🥀alking about the future, we still have three years to go so it’s too early for us tﷺo say what will happen. I don’t think it’s the time to talk about this.
“But we’re hoping th꧟at he will become a candidate. But it’s up to the team to make the final decision.”
Tsunodꦕa, who has been backed by Honda since his first foray into car racing and whose AlphaTauri seat is funded by the Japanese manufacturer, is currently in his third season i✅n F1.
The 23-year-old bounced back from a difficult rookie season in 2021 to enjoy a much-improved campaign last year alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly.
Tsunoda has comfortably outperformed new teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries across the ope🅘ning five races of 2023 on his way to scoring AlphaTauri’s only points so far this season.
“He’s making a great impression this year,” Aston Martin Performanc𒁃ꦺe Technologies CEO Martin Whitmarsh acknowledged.
“He’s very young still, but re🧸latively experienced but I ♍think he’s made great progress. It’s tremendously exciting.
“I’m sure our 🐈driver line-up will evolve before 2026. Ultimately Honda and Aston Martin want to have the very best two drivers we can have in the cars. We are here to win, as are Honda, so in 2026 we have to st﷽art winning together. We have to have great drivers.
“He must be considered as a candidate. I’m sure he would 🐻love to drive a Honda-powered car.
“Let’s see how he makes progress in the next couple of years and hopefully we can have some serious discusဣsions together.”
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