Tsunoda puts himself back on the F1 radar after just missing the points in Zandvoort Yuki Tsunoda impressed in his Dutch Grand Prix outing for Racing Bulls. In finishing P11 at Zandvoort he might not have made the points, but nevertheless Yuki Tsunoda was able to use his one-off appearance with Racing Bulls to put himself back on the radar of the Formula 1 pitlane. After his somewhat disastrous season with Red Bull in 2025 it was hard to imagine him ever finding a way back to a race seat. A solid Dutch Grand Prix weekend in an unfamiliar VCARB 03 served as a calling card though, reminding everyone that Tsunoda is one of the most experienced and best qualified drivers currently sitting on the sidelines. And while it’s hard to see a way forward in the Red Bull camp given the talent there – with F2 championship leader Nikola Tsolov waiting in the wings – his prospects of finding something elsewhere have to be better than they were prior to last weekend. Although he hadn’t raced since Abu Dhabi last December, Tsunoda has not been idle. Testing of Previous Car (TPC) runs in an older Red Bull chassis kept him sharp, and he’s spent a lot of time driving the current RB22 in the Milton Keynes simulator, which gave him a good insight into how to use the 2026 Ford power unit. The last minute nature of the Zandvoort decision meant that he was only able to try Racing Bulls' VCARB 03 in the sim on the Wednesday before the race, but that did at least give him a head start. After the single hour of FP1, it was straight into Sprint Qualifying. He was P13 in SQ1 and then P12 in SQ2, just behind Liam Lawson – the