Yuki should have more than 10pts this season, it was too sad to see him with tears after the Spanish GP

Yuki is proof that if you’re patient with a driver, they’ll eventually succeed. I remember when people were calling him spinoda in 2021. And despite being in arguably the highest pressure team, by year 3 he’s really come into his own. See what happens when you don’t give up on a driver after 2 years (cough cough Haas)

Tsunoda is a good example of what happens when you rush someone into F1, but is also a proof of why you should give every driver another chance instead of dumping him instantly.

Gasly’s departure from AT was the BEST thing for Yuki’s career. This forced Yuki to stand on his own two feet without Gasly who was his support system. And stand he did. It forced him to grow up.

I doubted Yuki coming into this season but he's proven me wrong he's been brilliant and had taken up that leadership role in Alpha Tauri

Yuki thrives in pressure. Props to FT for keeping him on. Given how RB tosses his drivers around , Yuki actually has been lucky that he had those years to develop with no one in the pipeline. But he really fought himself through it, really hope to see him in a competitive Car in the near Future.

I was one of the people who believed in Yuki a lot at the start this season and always said he was going to destroy Nyck. You can only imagine my grin right now

I like to cross swords with all types of F1 fans… NO ONE doesn’t love Yuki Tsunoda. We’re just all rooting for the kid lol he’s doing awesome, so easy to love him.

Didn't deserve what happened to him. Love his honesty and brutal team radios. Definitely made alpha tauri his own. Well done Yuki

Always liked yuki even in his rookie season. I just like his open and frank character.

Yuki has been my favourite driver for a while. He's getting there in terms of maturity and he has the cut throat edge that a champion needs.

I really like Yuki. I know he was a bit reckless at the start but I've enjoyed watching him grow. I've also been impressed with his results this year. Such a shame that he missed out on P9 recently though! >:( I also gained even more respect for him after seeing him actually help out in Italy after the floods and not just posting on socials about it! ♥

Yuki got humbled by his rookie season in f1 and decided to come back and put in the work. Honestly I really respect that instead of quitting or giving up he improved and learned from his mistakes

This year's quiet sensation of that there's no doubt. Excellent stuff as always Aldas.

I adore Yuki. Petulant kid intelligent enough to improve and work harder. And he is FAST

Easily the best surprise of the season. He was under massive pressure to perform and he’s absolutely smashing it. Still hard to judge the level he’s at now, but he’s earning a shot at a bigger team to put that to the test. Absolutely no chance he’s not on the grid next year, well done to him

Just a quick note, Norris also had a very good car in his rookie season. That being said, I find that f1 is perhaps the sport in which experience is more of a factor than any other. Its very rare to see a rookie hit the ground running.

Yuki is one of my favorites. I would love to see Yuki win a championship one day.

Yuki has incredible talent and that's why Red Bull and Alpha Tauri have shown patience when it comes to keeping him (and I don't believe it has anything to do with Honda). I remember Franz Tost saying when Yuki started driving for Alpha Tauri that he'd rather have a fast driver that makes mistakes in his team that a slow driver. He could work with the 1st one to shape him in a great driver more easily. Indeed this year was clearly Yuki's last chance in the team and he has absolutely delivered so far. Very happy for him.

Fun fact, if the 2020 F2 season would only be determined on the Feature races, Yuki would have won the championship with ease. He really has a lot of talent. F2 also really showed how clumsy he still was at the first races but constantly improved all the time.

Tsunoda, Norris, Verstappen and Ocon all have the same thing in common. Everyone made a major step forward as a driver in there 3rd season.

It takes rookies nowadays 2-3 seasons to actually come alive. People want these guys to be the next Lewis, Max, Fernando, and all the other greats straight out the box. Like these are generational drivers lol and can’t be used as the benchmark as what F1 rookies should be. This is why people won’t appreciate how elite Lewis, Max, and Fernando are bro. Drivers like that don’t come along that often. Yuki will grow to be a top driver in the future. Idk about "elite" but you never know in F1.

As a Japanese I’ve been watching Yuki since he joined F1 and overtime he kept impressing me. Exceptionally in 2023 season so far, I can imagine how hard it could for Yuki to drive in slow car. (He won’t leave AT since he’s always been in Honda powered car. So the option would be AT and RB, in 2026 AM option can be there too.) I’m just looking forward to see more improvements on Yuki! #GoTsunoda

Yuki is quickly becoming one of my favourite drivers. I hope to see him in a top team one day.

yuki deserves the rb seat

While it is true that AT continued to believe in Yuki until he showed his talent, he had such a strong background and had proven his talent in some races. It took only two years for Yuki to become an F1 driver after he started racing in Europe. This career is rare among F1 drivers. He also showed his talent in some races, although he made mistakes easily and destroyed cars often. (Bahrain in his first year, 4th in Abu Dhabi, etc.) I am very happy now that Yuki is getting the best results with his AT garbage car in every race He deserves to stay in F1 after next year.

Yuki came in to the 2023 season with a lot of pressure to perform, and I think so far he has shown his worth.

Remember when Helmut wrote Yuki off before the season started, saying that DeVries would be coming in as a team leader!...

Yuki has been the best part of this season it has been so nice to see him improve.

This is also why I’m not getting on at Sargent too much, it takes time to shine

Please let him stay in the sport. He's a great personality!

I just hope he can keep the momentum and the will. It's hard to keep motivated when you drive a sh*tbox. Especially when you are always on the verge of points.

Yuki's race pace were always good since last year. Hater just didnt realize that but he just needed team to support him last season.

We need a video on gasly his performances haven’t been the same since 2021 Edit: and one about alpine they seem to be the 5th best team every season and I want them at some point to do what Aston Martin did this season

i fucking love yuki

Yuki has had a great start to the season despite some very poor luck. E.g. he'd have a P3 in Australia if the red flag was called a few seconds later. As well as P9 in Monaco if his brakes didn't die and P10 in Spain if it was just a position swap like in past seasons. Also in Spain his lap was deleted, so he dropped from starting P11 to P15

He really has come alive this season. I’ve always liked his personality, he’s like max and Fernando. Just says what’s in his head completely unfiltered. Franz tost says it takes 3 years for a driver to develop, he’s completely right.

Even if he (narrowly) misses on points, Marko will definitely see beyond that. Yuki has been driving fantastically well in that shitbox this season and I'm sure he's gonna get that leading driver contract for Alpha Tauri next year. De Vries will probably get replaced by Lawson. If Yuki improves even further next year, then Perez will be in trouble.

Yuki, future world champion! You heard it here first!

With Honda returning as engine supplier to Aston Martin, I bet they would love to have a driver from Japan .

Very happy for him. I was nervous coming into this season, considering the pressure (and all-or-nothingness of it)

I really hope AT starts building a competitive car for next year.

This is a great video, and Yuki is do a lot of credit for his improvement

Tsunoda is such an underrated driver!

brilliant video - thanks mate SUBSCRIBED

i think we can all agree that if we wanted to see anyone finish in the points, ITS YUKI

One of my favorites.

I respect you Aldas but.... YALL BEEN SLEEPING ON MY BOI LETS GO YUKI Also the idea he underperformed in his rookie season thats to be expected most rookies struggle But in his second season if you look at his advanced numbers he was alot better then points finishes show. The biggest one was his average deficit to his team mate in qualifying.

Thanks for the great stuff! This season is so boring, I hope Max will be crowned champion early and Yuki or Daniel will test on the RB for the rest of the races.

Yuki is a massive talent- he has matured as a driver and deserves a faster car

Well said Aldas!

I love yukis radio tbh, it honestly just sounds real sometimes you do just wanna say "i fucking know" to people. Its just very human.

Yuki is carrying the full weight of AT in his shoulders. I like the massive improvement and how he puts that tractor in points or near them.

Unappreciated UKpostsr 🐐

Thanks for bringing up the car regression. Super weird to see a rookie's equipment go backwards so much lol

Bruh watch Gasly and Yuki again in alphine make me smile lol

The sport psychologist also plays factor to his improvement. It really helped him and it showed on his performance

He finally stepped up and is securing his seat for next season. Can you do a video about KMag and Hulk further down this season ? :D

Never been so excited for a raw talent since Kimi.

I've never been happier to have bought Tsunoda stock back in 2021

Yuki is the man

He’s my guy! Him and Ocon!!

Man it’s almost like drivers need time to get comfortable in the fastest and hardest to drive cars and racing series in the world Shocking? I’m glad Yuki is doing well now though

lets see if yall give Logan the same patience you continue to give to Tsunoda

His "language" during races was probably a language barrier than hot headedness

I love Yuki, thats who I cheer for the most, i cant wait for him to move on to another, better team

I've loved yuki ever since he said he was surprised to be kept on for 2022, it's pretty much the opposite what any other driver would say (latifi)

Yuki’s doing great.

PERIOD

Tsunadas da Goat. And everyone knew that.

Ive written off Yuki after year one, and didnt pay enough heed to his improvements last year, so I basically wrote him off as the next failed driver that somehow got lucky to hold a seat, but the last few races Ive finally noticed how much hes been outperforming his machine, absolute flipping my opinion of him on its head. Im really hoping he keeps it up. His ceiling could be very well hgiher than we expect.

His penalty at Spain was criminal

It is good to see Yuki finally coming into his own. I beat the Yuki drum back when he was in F3 when he was doing some pretty stunning things with that Jenzer team. If you added together the points of all the other drivers who have raced for Jenzer from 2019 to the end of 2022 it would be less than the total Tsunoda scored in that one season. That’s how poor that team is. He was very underprepared for F1 however and it showed in the first year. In 2022 however he was clawing it back, and in the final half of the season from Spa onwards he was a match for Gasly. He has actually been in the battle for points at every race from Japan onwards with the one exception of Brazil. That has been his one bad race in the passed 12 races just to further expand on how consistent he has been as of late.

I'm gonna go out on a massive limb here, but Yuki is the first RB academy driver that will stick as a teammate for Max. It would be foolish of RBR to resign Checo to a new contract. So you let Checo run out the string, and in '25, with the proper seasoning, Yuki steps into that seat. I also think that Yuki has the kind of temperament that wouldn't back down to Max. We'll see how it all plays out!

the Mclaren of 2019 was good💀💀

This was a Masterclass not only in F1 analysis, but also in sports presentation in this format. I didn't have to have seen any F1 to fully grasp the content. This was really really good. And I I agree and disagree with your opinion, it's not just Yuki who's showing signs of brilliance this season; he knows he has to perform, at this juncture. To me, it's more panic than maverick... maybe I'm wrong..like you said, it's all or nothing plus nyck is the new g.o.a.t. .

Loved him ever since he joined 😂

And he's improved even more so far in 2024 we only 4 races in and he's best of the rest in the midfield

Maybe it's due to recency bias but his form at the start of races has been fascinating to watch.

Yuki's had an amazing few races recently (even his Mexican GP disaster was still a P12 finish when he started in P18. And he has single-handedly moved Alpha Tauri past Haas in the championship standings. (LL+DR have lifted them further up the standings, past Alfa Romeo into 8th). P9 in Brazil main race, P6 in Brazil sprint, P8 at Austin. His head to head with Liam and then Ricciardo continues his domination at Alpha Tauri. He's at the level where he could honestly challenge for a podium in these last two races. (The car has also been improved considerably, showing that AT's languishing at the bottom of the Championship was never his fault.) And 2024? It's gonna be glorious.

Lando also had a very very capable car in 2019 as a rookie

Redbull was harsh on him from the gecko. He was told to retire racing if he failed in F2 on his rookie air. He is mentally strong now and has raw talent. Redbull has made monster Yuki

Top 3 driver this season, only behind Verstappen and Alonso

He has a less skilled team mate this year though, so some of the points made like all the points scored being by him are somewhat expected but it's good to see him improving.

i would love to see an all japanese line up as long as honda is still there in red bull....tsunoda and iwasa.....

At this point Helmut Marko needs to consider retiring himself than retiring any more drivers from the academy.

i mean he was put in the toro roso 3 years early with this season being the one where he needed to perform, this was the plan all along

Lando 2019 had a solid car

Before, he admitted he wasn't serious enough to be a part of F1 and he was just enjoying racing without taking anything seriously and when he realized he got to F1. And now he completely stopped playing video games😀

Ever since they forced him on campus. They put him on a workout regiment, and started to REALLY mold him into a phenomenal athlete first, Tsunoda's has started to belive that he is as quick as these other drivers. Stand him up next to guys like Esteban, or Mich, and Guanyu. His trajectory is in a league of it's own. Easy to argue with him in a quick car he will score podiums. Helps that he probably brings a GRIP of money to the team with backing from ALL of CHINA!

I can't help but think that maybe AT throwing him slightly worse cars for every year is actually good for him? It means that he can push a bit harder and learn to find the limits without shunting or spinning out every time. That, combined with his increased physical shape and him learning some patience might be a really good way for him to grow as a driver!

Honestly thinking about it. If Checo Retires in 2024 (i doubt that he will anytime soon, but let's say he does for this scenario) I see him being one of the top canadates for that RB seat. Him and max do have good chemistry and I'm not sure if they want to put daniel and max back together after last time. But I think Max has matured, and it would be a fantastic partnership.

Gasly was a passive aggressive bully. Yuki has flourished without gastly

Yuki San

I think, in a counter intuitive way, his honesty is what (for me) makes him likeable. As to his admission about his being unprepared for F1, that sort of thing has been talked about by numerous drivers from different generations. Take Jenson Button for example, like Tsunoda he drove his debut season in a good car, the Williams, that (it could be said) masked his lack of experience. He admitted years later that at 20 years old, he wasn't ready for F1. However, both the not putting too much pressure on him and flashes of what he was capable of meant that Frank Williams and Patrick Head were overall impressed with how he handled his debut season, coming 8th in the standings and his standout drive being a 4th place finish in Hockenheim after a back of the grid start (displaying that mixed weather condition feel that would define his later career). But, it was driving a dreadful Benetton and having a far less supportive team boss in Flavio Briatore in 2001 that could have spelled doom for his career. In his book, he admitted to not getting on with Briatore, who would criticise Button, publicly, for poor performance, which would make Button anxious to perform, which in turn only made his performance worse. It became a viscious cycle. Despite his finishing 2001 a dismal 17th in the standings with only a fifth place at Hockenheim (through a race of attrition) to show for his work, he greatly improved for 2002 with the team rebadged as Renault. Although he was shocked to be shown the door by the team in favour of Alonso, it was clear, by the way what was then BAR greeted him on his first day, that he was going to a team that hadn't forgotten his standout performances from the past. The rest, as they say, is history

Concerning drivers who got comparable car quality in their rookie seasons, you forgot Norris in 2019 with the MCL34 which was easily the 4th best car Just a minor nitpick though, great video!

yessir

2:00 i'd add the 2015 torro rosso for rookies Verstappen and sainz. It was the 5th best car on the track just like the Alpha tauri in 2021

Yuki is pushing very hard to become 2nd in line to graduate to the Red Bull seat.

Yuki Tsunoda should go to the Red Bull Senior team