168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda will be the first driver to lose their F1 seat this𝔉 year, according to Jacques Villeneuve. 

That is the prediction made by the 1997 F1 world champion, who feels the Japanese racer will leave the grid when his 💫Racing Bulls contract expires at the end of the season.

Tsunoda was overlooked by Red Bull as the senior squad instead favoured to bring in teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s replacement for the upcoming campai🤪gn, despite only contesting 11 gra🔯nds prix spread over two seasons.

As a dirಞect result of that decision, Tsunoda will now spend a fifth term at Red Bull’s sister outfit Racin﷽g Bulls.

“Tsunoda will be the first driver to leave the grid,” Villeneuve told. “He’s only ther༺e because o🅠f Honda.

“At some point this will stop. And the writing is quite clear that ⛦this is his last season with the Red Bull family anyway.

“I don't see any team wanting him u𓃲nless there's a big Honda push.”

Honda’s current power unit supply deal with Red Bull will cease at the end of the year as the team builds their own engine for the 2🍎026 regulation cycle, acting as a further blow for Tsunoda.

Red Bu♏ll team principal Christian Horner has hinted at Tsunoda leaving the Red Bull family at the end of 🍎2025.

"We're acutely aware that if we're not able to p🎐rovide an opportunity for Yuki [at Red Bull] in all honesty this year, does it [keeping him on] make sense?," Horner said.

"You can't have a driver in t🃏he support team for five years. You can't always be the bridesmaid. You've either got to let them go at that point or look at something different."

Carlos Sainz tipped to be ‘biggest surprise’

Meanwhile, Villeneuve has backed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz to have a starring rol💫e at Williams during his first season 𒊎with the team.

Sainz joined Williams on a multi-year deal to partner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon after having to vacate his Ferrari seat for the incoming 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

“I'm curious to see Sainz with Williams.🌠 His first tests were impressive because the car went faster than it had been🌠 before. And he's generally been a team builder, everywhere he's been,” Villeneuve added.

“So l꧒et's see if in a team that really needs it, let's see what the effect is. It could be an amaꦆzing step forward which sees them be the biggest surprise of the year.”