Tsunoda The real deal for F1, says F2 boss Carlin
Formula Two team boss Trevor Carlin acknowledges that Mick Schumacher is a shoe to race in Formula One with Alfa Romeo next season, and rightly so, but Yuki Tsunoda is faster.
Carlin, who has teams in various junior series as well as the U.S. IndyCar, says his Honda-backed driver is the best Japanese prospect since Takuma Sato, now a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, 20 years ago. years. years.
He also hopes to see you take the next step.
"Certainly Mick is a shoe for Alfa, I would say Yuki will be a shoe for AlphaTauri," the Briton, who has worked with a line of F1 drivers, including world champions Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg, told Reuters on Tuesday. .
I think Yuki is the fastest driver out there, he's just had too many (non-final) retirements and incidents that really cost him the championship.
Schumacher, the F2 leader and son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael, was in the limelight last week before his grand prix practice debut at the Nuerburgring was thwarted by bad weather.
Tsunoda, 20, is third overall and 44 points behind Schumacher with four races remaining, but with three rivals close behind.
The Red Bull junior driver must finish in the top three to earn a super license.
The AlphaTauri team is owned by Red Bull and powered by Honda engines, but the Japanese manufacturer will leave the sport in late 2021, although that may not be so bad for Tsunoda.
I imagine Red Bull will still use a Honda engine, it could be called something else, said Carlin, who felt that Tsunoda was a "no-brainer" for AlphaTauri.
"He's the real deal. He learns very fast," added the Briton, who raced Sato in British Formula 3 in 2000 and 2001 before the Japanese graduated from F1 with Jordan in 2002.
“He is the first to come in and hit him hard. He's a rookie fighting for the title and that hasn't happened with a Japanese driver in a long, long time. "
Current AlphaTauri drivers are Frenchman Pierre Gasly, the surprising winner of this year's Italian Grand Prix, and Russian Daniil Kvyat. The Italy-based team has yet to confirm its lineup for 2021.
Carlin also had David Schumacher, the 19-year-old son of Michael's younger brother Ralf, on his F3 team for the final three rounds this year without much success.
However, the German has a long way to go before he has any realistic hope of joining the Schumachers roster in Formula One.
David will really be three years away from having a shot in F1, and he has to give up and get a chance to roll the dice when a seat is available, Carlin said.
I would not like to say if he can do it on his merits alone, but if he continues to improve as a driver, with his name and contacts, I would say it is possible.
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