ZANDVOORT.- The Japanese pilot Formula 1, Yuki TsunodaI was on a beach in Greece when Red Bull He called him to pilot during the Dutch Grand Prix this weekend, he confessed on Thursday.
The loss due to injury of the Frenchman Isaac Hadjar at Red Bull it unleashed a domino effect, and the Austrian team decided to raise the New Zealander Liam Lawson from the satellite team Racing Bulls.
Test driver Tsunoda will take Lawson’s place at Racing Bulls.
The Japanese man was on a beach in Greece with friends when he received the call he was “impatiently waiting for.”
It is the first time Tsunoda has returned to racing since losing his wheel at Red Bull last season.
“I don’t want to give the impression that I was spending my time wandering around the beach. I was still training,” he said.
Even if the regulations have changed since last year, “at the moment I am not lost or surpassed,” added the Japanese, who wants to “enjoy and have fun, it is what I have wanted to do for a long time.”
Lawson’s return to Red Bull is symbolic, since he debuted in Formula 1 at the circuit of Zandvoort in 2023. Another coincidence is that it was Tsunoda who replaced the New Zealander in March 2025 for the rest of the season, due to his poor results.
After handing over his wheel in the Red Bull team to Hadjar for the 2026 season, Tsunoda maintained a role as a test driver at Red Bull and Racing Bulls.
Jornet announces his withdrawal from Mont-Blanc
The Spanish legend of mountain racing, Kilian Jornetannounced this Thursday his withdrawal from the prestigious ultra-trail of the Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France, on August 28, due to a knee injury.
The 38-year-old runner had his season ruined by recurring knee pain, which began a week before his participation in the competition. Zegama-Aizkorri in May. Eleven-time winner of the event, he finished in 43rd position.
“Sometimes, projects change and this year I will not run the UTMB. After several months treating a knee injury, we have decided, in agreement with my medical team, that surgery was the best option,” the Catalan wrote on Instagram.
Jornet has won the Mont-Blanc event four times, a record shared with the Frenchman François D’Haenethe most prestigious mountain race in the world.
