Red Bull Team Principal Praises Tsunoda For His 'Best Race Of The Year'

Red Bull Racing team principal noted an awesome job AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda has done during his last race of the 2023 season.

Yuki Tsunoda is one of the drivers who surprised with their performances in the 2023 season. The Japanese driver outperformed all three of his teammates together by nine points.

The 23-year-old finished 14th in the driver's championship with 17 points he had amassed for his team throughout this season.

His best performances include the United States Grand Prix, in which he scored a P8 but added the fastest lap of the race, and the last race of the season - the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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The AlphaTauri also joined a club of nine drivers that led races in 2023 when he led five laps of the race at Yas Marina Circuit.

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner Acknowledged the great race the Japanese driver has had in when he told the media:

What was special about the race for AlphaTauri F1 driver was that he was one of the only two drivers who went for the risky one-stop strategy and made it work well.

Horner also mentioned unlucky Daniel Ricciardo, who finished in P11 just one position outside of points. On the other hand, he hailed Tsunoda and the departing team principal, Franz Tost, saying, "It was a nice touch."

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