Yuki Tsunoda has been named because the official Pink Bull reserve driver for the upcoming 2025 F1 season, RacingNews365 can affirm.
The Japanese driver was a contender for promotion to the senior staff to interchange Sergio Perez for 2025, however the staff finally opted to offer the nod to Racing Bulls team-mate Liam Lawson.
Lawson will now companion Max Verstappen for 2025, with Tsunoda consigned to a fifth season on the junior staff, however he may but race for Pink Bull this coming season.
He has been confirmed because the official Pink Bull reserve driver, which means if Verstappen or Lawson are banned for a race or are injured, Tsunoda will step in and race for the staff.
Heading into the brand new season, Verstappen finds himself on eight penalty factors, along with his subsequent set to be eliminated following June’s Austrian GP, which means he should navigate 11 rounds simply 4 factors away from a race ban.
Ought to Tsunoda be referred to as as much as Pink Bull, or certainly, he or new Racing Bulls team-mate Isack Hadjar be banned or injured, the staff will then name upon Ayumu Iwasa as its reserve driver.
Iwasa has the requisite variety of 40 super-licence factors by way of a mix of FIA F2 and Tremendous Components factors, and drove for Racing Bulls in FP1 on the 2024 Japanese and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, and in post-season testing.
