Red Bull new recruit Yuki Tsunoda has been told to get as close to his world champion teammate Max Verstappen as possible at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend and he certainly delivered in the first practice session on Friday.

Yuki Tsunoda finished just over a tenth behind Max Verstappen in their first session together as Red Bull teammates.

Yuki Tsunoda carried a nation’s hopes and a ferociously competitive team’s expectations during his first on-track experience of the Red Bull RB21 at Suzuka. It wasn’t as bad as the FP2 times made it l