Oct.6 (GMM) Yuki Tsunoda’s Purple Bull future seems more and more bleak after a disastrous Singapore weekend left the Japanese driver exterior the factors and lapped by his teammate.
Tsunoda, who had proven delicate enchancment since Monza, slumped to P12 after additionally qualifying exterior the highest 10 in what he admitted was a nightmare begin.
“That was one of many worst opening laps of my life,” he informed Viaplay late on Sunday. “It’s an enormous disgrace, as a result of by way of pace, this was one among my greatest races throughout my Purple Bull time. It’s an actual disgrace.”
Former F1 driver Giedo van der Garde might hardly imagine it. “Ouch! What a painful interview,” he mentioned on Viaplay. “He’s utterly misplaced.
“Firstly, he was lapped by his teammate. Secondly, he can say his tempo was superb and that he was quick, however he was actually very gradual. Thirdly, that opening lap was additionally a catastrophe.”
Even Purple Bull simulator driver Rudy van Buren agreed the pattern is worrying. “Issues aren’t moving into the fitting path,” he mentioned. “The outcomes have to be there, and so they’re not there.”
Van der Garde added that Tsunoda’s struggles had been now psychological in addition to technical. “You’ll be able to see it in his interview,” he noticed. “He doesn’t know what to say or the place to look. He’s utterly misplaced. He has nobody accountable. He can solely look within the mirror and say he’s not ok.”
The 25-year-old, backed strongly by Honda, is now tipped for a reserve position at Aston Martin when the Japanese producer joins the workforce in 2026.
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