Yuki Tsunoda has permission from Red Bull to make the change in Canada!

Yuki Tsunoda has revealed that Red Bull will allow him to trial the switch at the Canadian Grand Prix, which he proposed himself in an attempt to halt his recent slump in form.

Tsunoda had a bad streak during the last three consecutive races, and after the Spanish Grand Prix from that period he came out with a modest one point.

The Japanese driver's problems culminated in Barcelona, ​​where he was eliminated already in the first qualifying round with the slowest time, after which he declared that his RB21 car had some basic problem.

Tsunoda, who has taken seven points in seven races since swapping places with Liam Lawson, said it "can't be any worse" than it was in the previous race.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner announced an internal analysis of his race weekend and reiterated his intention to keep Tsunoda with the team in 2025 alongside Max Verstappen.

“We’ll look at everything with Yuki at the factory and try to analyse it in detail, because it was a tough weekend for him from start to finish,” Horner said.

How Red Bull is backing Tsunoda

Tsunoda revealed after the race that Red Bull had given him the go-ahead to explore an unnamed area that he hopes can help him adapt to the unpredictable RB21.

Asked what he needed from the team, Tsunoda said: “We’re planning something for Canada, things we’d like to try.”

“I’m happy that they’re fully on board with that and are trying to give me what I want to test.”

Why Tsunoda can’t test the RB21 changes in advance

However, Tsunoda denied using Red Bull’s simulator in between races to test how his proposed changes would affect the car’s handling.

"The simulator, from my perspective, is more geared towards the team, towards the things we want to try out on the track," he explained.

"The time in the simulator is very limited, so of course we can't test every setting, but only those things we want to examine in more detail."

"Yeah, I mean, with that, maybe my engineer can find a good trend or feature that suits my driving style, whatever. But other than that, from my perspective, it's more for the team and the engineers."