1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill has urged Yuki Tsunoda to get “on the cellphone” to Aston Martin if he continues to be ignored by Pink Bull.
Regardless of out-performing Daniel Ricciardo throughout each metric thus far in 2024, Pink Bull aren’t contemplating Tsunoda as an choice for the senior crew.
Ricciardo and Liam Lawson had been considered the entrance runners to exchange Perez – if Pink Bull wished to make a change.
Nonetheless, final week, Pink Bull confirmed that Perez will stay within the seat – for now not less than – as he seems to re-find his type at tracks he’s historically carried out effectively on reminiscent of Baku and Singapore.
Talking on the F1 Nation podcast, Hill stated Tsunoda ought to have a look at Aston Martin on condition that the door at Pink Bull appears to be shut.
“If I used to be him I’d be on the cellphone to Aston Martin as a result of he’s Japanese and so they’ve bought Honda coming,” Hill stated.
Hill additionally steered that Max Verstappen would possible want having Ricciardo as a teammate given the pair’s shut relationship.
After the Belgian Grand Prix, they had been pictured in a helicopter collectively leaving the circuit.
Some followers thought it was a ‘tender launch’ of them being teammates once more – however that was later disproved by Pink Bull.
“He’s proper in saying that I can’t perceive it and it doesn’t make any sense,” he added.
“Once you see photos of Max leaving the circuit in a helicopter with Daniel Ricciardo, and there’s all smiles. You get the sensation of Danny Ric and Max. Max could be fairly pleased with Danny Ric as a teammate.
“If his energy is such in that crew he can nearly affect that call then I do suppose the strain is on to get Danny in there.
“They’ve given him a second lease of life by encouraging him. His performances have been getting stronger. There’s no query about it.”
