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Schumacher well and truly earned it.Įven before he makes his debut, the Russian is already the most disliked driver in F1 history. Two massive feature race wins at Monza and Sochi played a huge part in him taking the championship.Ī 14-point margin to Ilott in P2 was the gap at the end of a thrilling season.
Stunning starts, excellent racecraft and strong tyre management allowed him to overhaul his rivals. From rounds 10 to 23, he finished outside the top 6 just once across the feature and sprint races as he took command of the title battle. His main title rivals Ilott and Tsunoda (in the end) scored nine poles between them, earning 20 and 16 points respectively for doing that.ĭespite that, he overcame all the difficulties to take the championship. The 21-year-old's best qualifying position was P3 on two occasions. Some mistakes, qualifying struggles and bad luck at the start of the season left him 45 points adrift of Callum Ilott after ten races.Īs a team, Prema struggled in general on a Friday and it left Schumacher with a mountain to climb in feature races. It was far from an easy season for Schumacher. Promotion to Formula 2 followed and Schumacher repeated the pattern from his time in the FIA F3 European Championship: 12 th in his first year in F1’s feeder series, followed by championship glory last year. The German was the second season specialist during his time in junior categories.įinishing 12 th in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2017, he became champion the following year as the beat the likes of future F2 rivals Dan Ticktum, Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong to the title.
Mick Schumacher has earned his spot on the grid for 2021 it would be completely wrong to suggest he only got it because of his surname. With the sizeable car performance advantage he has compared to Schumacher and Mazepin, Tsunoda’s got to be the rookie with the most points at the end of 2021. If he did beat Gasly or pushed him very close – and Perez struggles at Red Bull Racing – a 2022 drive for the senior team isn’t out of the question. If he can start to really challenge his French stablemate on a regular basis from France onwards and score points consistently, that’ll be a great maiden season for him. Nonetheless, Tsunoda would be wise to take things steady and learn a lot in pre-season testing and the first few events. Gasly’s renaissance since his demotion back to the junior team means the Japanese driver is certainly facing a tough competitor in the same car during the upcoming season.
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In 2020, the Frenchman won his maiden Grand Prix and 2021 is going to be his fourth full season in the sport. Tsunoda goes up against Pierre Gasly at AlphaTauri this year.
What would be a successful season for him? The 20-year-old also collected the Anthoine Hubert award for his exceptional rookie campaign in Formula 2. He finished 3 rd, just 15 points behind champion and fellow F1 graduate Mick Schumacher and was arguably the driver of the season as Schumacher and Ilott had already completed a season in F2 in 2019. One of the strong points shown by the Japanese driver was his impressive ability to be quite gentle on the tyres in races and it allowed him to gain places in the closing stages.
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Tsunoda was the only one of their drivers to score points in 2019. Tsunoda went on to become part of the Red Bull Junior academy and massively impressed in Formula 3 and Formula 2 across the 20 seasons as he came over to Europe and learned tracks very quickly.Ī win at Monza in Formula 3 with a struggling Jenzer outfit was the highlight of his season in that category. Only three years ago, he was in the F4 Japanese Championship. The ascent to Formula One has been rapid for the Japanese driver.
Tsunoda will drive for AlphaTauri, whilst Schumacher and Mazepin form an all-new line-up at Haas. The 2021 field will feature three new drivers in it: Yuki Tsunoda, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.
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