Yuki Tsunoda won’t be happy when he hears Christian Horner’s Red Bull highlights from the 2025 F1 season

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The British Grand Prix proved to be another difficult event for Red Bull Racing and Yuki Tsunoda.

Red Bull were fortunate to make up some ground on Mercedes in the constructors’ championship after a disastrous weekend for the Silver Arrows.

Martin Brundle was left confused by Mercedes’ tactics at Silverstone, but Red Bull didn’t fare much better.

Max Verstappen struggled with his set-up during the race, spinning behind the safety car before recovering to finish fifth.

His teammate Yuki Tsunoda failed to score a point for the fifth race in succession and is yet to finish in the top eight of a Grand Prix since leaving Racing Bulls.

Tsunoda missed out on the top 10 shootout in qualifying for the British Grand Prix before suffering badly during the race.

After crashing into Franco Colapinto in Austria, the 25-year-old hit Oliver Bearman on Sunday, meaning Tsunoda became Red Bull’s first driver to finish last in back-to-back races.

Team principal Christian Horner will be left questioning the decisions that have led to this point.

Horner is now coming under pressure at Red Bull, and he made a glaring omission when reflecting on the first half of the 2025 F1 season.

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Christian Horner fails to mention Yuki Tsunoda in his highlights of the 2025 F1 season

Horner was asked on the Talking Bulls Podcast to give his favourite moments from the 2025 season.

He replied: “There’s been a couple of highlights and there’s been some tough weekends as well.

“But, obviously, highlights being the win in Japan, the win in Imola, the pole positions that we’ve achieved.

“But, you know, there have been a few weekends that have been quite tough as well.

“I don’t feel like luck’s been on our side at a few events either. But I think it’s clear the areas that we need to work on.

“And as a team, we’re working hard to continue to improve the car. There’s still a lot of racing to go in the second half of the year.

“We never give up. We’re always chasing performance, and yeah, there’s hopefully better races ahead of us in the second half of the year.”

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If any other team principal were asked to name their highlights from this season, they would typically name signing a new driver as one of the pivotal moments in the campaign.

However, everything Horner said was about Verstappen, and even Tsunoda’s P6 finish at the Miami Grand Prix or his points finish in Bahrain when his four-time world champion teammate could barely drive the car weren’t worth a mention.

Tsunoda’s future at Red Bull is under serious threat as Horner’s outfit continues to struggle in the constructors’ championship compared to the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes.

He’s now gone five races without scoring a point, a run that’s only matched by Franco Colapinto and Oliver Bearman.

Tsunoda has sunk to 17th in the drivers’ championship, which would represent the lowest finishing position of any Red Bull driver to compete for the team for more than three races since Christian Klien in 2006.

Arvid Lindblad impressed in Tsunoda’s car during his FP1 at the British Grand Prix, and that will give Horner plenty to think about.

It’s up to Tsunoda to create some positive highlights for Red Bull before the end of the year to avoid being dropped for next season.