Gasly hints at "undisclosed issues" that hinder Tsunoda at Red Bull

On the back of a difficult run of races for Yuki Tsunoda, his former team-mate Pierre Gasly hinted at undisclosed issues that may affect the Japanese driver's performance at Red Bull.

Pierrre Gasly has been a member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2014. The French driver made his Formula One debut with Toro Rosso at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, replacing Daniil Kvyat for the remainder of the 2017 season.

He completed a full-time move to Toro Rosso for 2018, before being promoted to parent team Red Bull in 2019. However, Gasly struggled to match his team-mate Max Verstappen's results, and was demoted midway through the season, after the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Gasly was replaced by Alexander Albon, and he returned to Toro Rosso for the remainder of the year where he achieved his maiden podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix in that same year.

In the coronavirus-affected 2020 season, Gasly took his maiden victory at the Italian Grand Prix whilst driving for the re-branded AlphaTauri. He achieved a third podium for the team at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2021 before he moved to Alpine for his 2023 campaign, scoring his first podium for the team at the Dutch Grand Prix, repeating this feat at the rain-affected São Paulo Grand Prix in 2024.

On the back of a difficult run of races for his former team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, Gasly hinted at undisclosed issues that may affect the Japanese driver's performance at Red Bull where he also struggled to extract the maximum from his car.

"What's tricky is my time, a lot of things can't be said, because you're a driver, you're working for a team, and as a professional, you can't share all the information on the specific situations."

"Talking with Yuki, I know some stuff that can't be said, and it's not easy. It's not easy to be in this situation."

Gasly continued: "You try to do what's best for the team, and sometimes you get given something to make it work, and sometimes you're in a situation where, for different reasons, it can't quite work the way you like."

"So, knowing from experience, I just try to chat as a friend and just advise on stuff that may help him. And I think ultimately, it's up to him and the team to make it work and do the right things for it to work," Gasly is quoted as saying by RacingNews365.