After 4 seasons of relative stability, Purple Bull determined that sufficient was sufficient and parted methods with Perez throughout the winter break – which means, for the primary time since Tsunoda debuted in F1, there could be a gap subsequent to Verstappen.
Talking just a few weeks earlier about Purple Bull’s obvious unwillingness to advertise him, and the chance of Lawson getting the nod for 2025 as an alternative, Tsunoda commented: “I all the time say that I undoubtedly deserve that seat. I can’t say greater than that. It’s as much as them.
“However this factor, I can’t management. It’s simply a part of life. I simply must maintain doing what I’m doing. Every time they maintain sending their driver to me to beat me, I simply maintain destroying them, in order that’s what I’m going to do.”
Lawson, with solely 11 begins in comparison with Tsunoda’s 87, was in the end given the prospect.
Tsunoda will get the decision – however can he crack the code?
Just some months and two races on from axing Perez and selling Lawson, Purple Bull discovered themselves with a significant driver-related headache – the New Zealander’s efforts falling properly under their expectations in Australia and China.
Quite than mixing it in Q3 and scoring factors, Lawson dropped out in Q1 and crashed out of the race on the rain-hit season opener, then certified final for each the Dash and Grand Prix per week later, as he battled to tame the RB21.
