168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda is reportedly set to be named as Red Bull’s reserve driver for the 2025 F1 season.

The 24-year-old Japanese driver will spend a fifth year racing for Red Bull’s sister squad Racing Bulls after being overlooked b༺y the senior team for 2025.

Red Bull instead opted to promote 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson to become 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s next F1 teammate, having decided to ditch the underperforming 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez after an abysmal 2024 season.

According to bothand , Tsunoda is set 🐼to take on the role of Red Bull’s reserve driver this year.

Not only 🦂would Tsunoda be a fall-back option if Lawson does not perform as expected, but he would be first in line to fill in for the Kiwi or Verstappen in the event that one of Red B🅰ull’s regular drivers could not compete.

A threat of a race ban continues to loom over Verstappen, who heads into 2025 with eigᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚht penalty points on his super licence.

The four-time world champion has insisted he will not change how he races despite being four points away from triggering an au🃏tomatic oꦰne-race ban.

Verstappen needs to carefully navigate the first 11🃏 rounds of the 2025 season before two penalty points will expire on♔ 30 June.

In theory, the new role for Tsunoda, who made his Red Bull test d⭕ebut in the Abu Dhabi post-season test in December, could find himself racing for the team despite being snubbed.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted that Tsunoda could exit the team when his co🌜ntract expires at the end of 2025.

"We're acutely aware that if we're not able to provide an opportunity for Yuki [at Red Bull] in all honesty this year, does it [ke༒eping him on] mak💫e sense?," Horner said at the end of last year.

"You can't have a driver in the support team for five years. You can't always be the bridesmaid. You've either got to let the😼m go at that point or look at something different."