Yuki Tsunoda says he ‘appreciates’ McLaren boss Zak Brown’s comment that he should be driving for Red Bull following his impressive display at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Tsunoda starred in the season-opener, out-qu🧸alifying both Ferraris to secure fifth on the grid.

This was in stark contrast to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson, who had a torrid weekend for Red Bull.

Lawson was knocked out in Q1 before retiring fr🍬om the race.

Red Bull overlooked Tsu💙noda in terms of being Sergio Perez’🐠s replacement as they ultimately opted for Lawson.

After qualifying, Brown could🗹n’t resist but commenting on the Red Bull situation, telling Sky Sports: “Yuki did a great job. [He is] probably the guy who should be in the Red Bull if you look at how he’s performed, but they seem to make some strange driver choices from time to time.”

Tsunoda referred to Brown’s remark when speaking to media in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand P🌊rix.

“These things have been going on since last year [after the] first race. Daniel-Checo, myself-Checo, Liam-Checo. It’s a bit of a tradition for our group. It’s positive but at the same time, I just have to keep [doing] w✅hat I’m doing.

“In the end, they c📖hose this line-up last year at the end of the season. Maybe they have a clear plan for the future, I don’t🥀 know.”

Missed opportunity for Tsunoda

Australia proved to be a missed opportunity for Tsunoda 💧and Racing Bulls.

Tsunoda remained inside the top six for most of the race, even overtaking 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc during the transition from d꧑ry tyres to intermediates.

However, like Ferrari, RB m🐷isjudged the strategy, meaning Tsunoda plummeted out ꦯof the points.

Tsunoda revealed that th✤e ⛎team apologised to him after for their strategy blunder.

“It was hard for myself a🌳s well to monitor every single corner because every lap it kept changing,” he added. “The lap before, sector one was ✨not raining, but one lap later it was complete rain and we reacted too late.

♏“I don’t think I made a mistake, to be honest, i꧋n terms of communications and everything, I’m pretty happy with it.

“It just didn’t go the way we wan🔴ted. The safety car came out a lap after I pitted, which wasn’t bad.

“At the sam🐷e time, we know what has happened, and the team apologised to me right after the race.”