Pink Bull staff principal Laurent Mekies has issued reward to Yuki Tsunoda because the Japanese driver awaits information on his F1 future.
Tsunoda joined Pink Bull early within the yr, stepping up rather than Liam Lawson, who struggled on the opening two rounds.
Nonetheless, Tsunoda has additionally struggled to extract tempo from the automotive alongside Max Verstappen, scoring factors at simply six of the 18 grands prix he has entered with the Milton Keynes-based squad.
Pink Bull is presently evaluating its driver line-ups for subsequent yr on the senior squad and the sister Racing Bulls outfit.
Mekies praised Tsunoda for the pace on show final outing in Mexico Metropolis, insisting his eleventh place end didn’t replicate his true tempo.
“Yuki had his finest weekend in a very long time,” Mekies instructed media together with RacingNews365. “We have now stated that a number of instances, however it’s true.
“He was very, very shut in qualifying to Max, I believe it was two tenths in Q2.Â
“[The race], the primary stint was very, very robust as effectively – two tenths, three tenths from Max, on the identical very lengthy first stint on the medium.
“Then after, truthful sufficient, we left him out a bit longer as a result of it was a bonus for us to try this, and we had a barely lengthy pit cease.Â
“We killed a number of factors that he would have scored on benefit.”
Isack Hadjar is being closely linked with a promotion to Pink Bull subsequent yr, whereas F2 rookie Arvid Lindblad is a number one contender for a Racing Bulls drive.
Ought to that materialise, it could go away both Tsunoda or Lawson and not using a seat.Â
Mekies insisted the staff is in no rush to make a decision.
“And naturally, it is one of many the explanation why we need to take a bit extra time earlier than we decide on the drivers,” he added.
“Yuki is making steps ahead, the opposite youngsters are making steps ahead as effectively, so we now have no purpose to hurry the choice. We are going to take a bit extra time.”
