In the first phase of the season, Yuki Tsunoda did not give Visa RB the most pleasant experiences when he argued with the engineer on the radio during the race, because he did not want to let Daniel Ricciardo continue, and then, after the finish, on the return On the lap to the pits he almost caused an accident that could have damaged both team cars.
Eddie Jordan, the founder and former manager of the Jordan team, also had dealings with Honda, which supplied him with engines, and is confident that Tsunoda will remain at Visa RB for the same reason Eddie had to part ways with Heinz-Harald Frenzen. whose place was taken by Takuma Sato in 2002.
“Tsunoda is still with the team because Toro Rosso or Visa RB, whatever you want to call it, is part of the Red Bull family and Red Bull is trying to keep Honda happy,” Jordan said on the Formula for podcast. – And Honda insists that one of the riders must be Tsunoda. I assure you that this is exactly the case, because I was in a similar situation myself.
Honda wanted me to get rid of Heinz-Harald Frentzen, even though he won races with our cars and generally performed very well. However, Honda put pressure on me because they wanted Takuma Sato in our team because they needed a Japanese rider.
I understood that they had the opportunity to make such a demand, and I had to make a decision, because Honda engines cost about $ 18 million. I asked myself the question, “Is Frentzen worth $18 million?”, and the answer was clearly no. . There was no point in arguing. I had to say goodbye to Frentzen and Sato came to the team.
Yet we should not forget that Heinz-Harald was an excellent racer. It’s a shame we don’t talk about him often, but he had exceptional talent!”
Source: F1 News
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