Yuki Tsunoda won’t be on the 2026 grid, however he’s nonetheless very a lot concerned on this planet of F1. The Japanese star has been wowing the crowds in San Francisco at a particular Red Bull demo.
Tsunoda misplaced his race seat on the finish of the 2025 season, having partnered Max Verstappen for a lot of the 12 months. But he stays an integral a part of the Red Bull household, as their Reserve and Test Driver.
As such, he may have been onerous at work within the simulator for the crew as they put together for the 2026 season, however that didn’t imply there was no time for some enjoyable.
Tsunoda bought behind the wheel of the RB7, the machine that carried Sebastian Vettel to the title again in 2011, for some very particular laps of Marina Boulevard.
The occasion was a part of a celebration of the Red Bull Ford partnership, with the Milton Keynes-based crew operating their very own Red Bull Ford Powertrains engines this 12 months.
Click on the gallery above to see all of the motion from San Francisco.