F1 News Today: Yuki Tsunoda discovers Red Bull secret as driver announcement ‘leaked’

Yuki Tsunoda has hinted at the outcome of Red Bull’s worst kept secret in F1 as the Japanese racer discussed his future in the sport.

Throughout 2025, Tsunoda has had the unenviable task of going up against four-time world champion Max Verstappen at Red Bull, becoming his latest team-mate to succumb to the second seat curse.

Now, it is widely reported that Tsunoda will be dropped by the squad entirely in 2026 and the Japanese racer admitted he had no Plan B.

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Red Bull driver exit LEAKED as Max Verstappen's team-mate 'confirmed' for 2026

Sky Sports' F1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz may have leaked who Max Verstappen’s team-mate will be at Red Bull in 2026.

During the post-qualifying Notebook on Saturday in Qatar, Kravitz confirmed live on air that Red Bull had made their mind up over the future of Isack Hadjar, opting to promote the Racing Bulls driver up to the main team next season.

The F1 presenter noted that Yuki Tsunoda's future was still up in the air and that the official announcement over both team's lineups was expected ahead of the season finale.

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F1 2025 Standings: Max Verstappen laughing as McLaren blunder in Qatar blows championship wide open

Max Verstappen has been left laughing after a win at the Qatar Grand Prix saw him move up to P2 in the drivers' standings.

The Dutchman has not only leap-frogged Oscar Piastri in the championship, but also cut the gap to standings leader Lando Norris to just 12 points.

As a result, the title fight will now go down to the wire at next weekend's Abu Dhabi GP.

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F1 title blow? Piastri sidelined in McLaren switch at Abu Dhabi GP

Oscar Piastri won't get a full race weekend to round off the season in Abu Dhabi, thanks to some new F1 rules.

Every driver must give up their seat for two free practice sessions every season and, since the Aussie has only sat on the sidelines once in 2025, he will be forced to watch on in FP1 on Friday.

Piastri might have wanted to jump straight back into his car this coming weekend to wash the memories of Qatar from his mind, after a disastrous strategy call in Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix robbed Piastri of what looked like a certain win.

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Australian politician raises McLaren ‘bias’ conspiracy in official Senate hearing

Australian politics, you've done it again.

Not content with their staples of '(now-) former Prime Minister eating an onion like an apple', 'naming a swimming pool after the Prime Minister who drowned at sea' and 'anything involving Bob Katter', a senator has now brought F1 conspiracy theories to the Senate floor.

A Monday Senate estimates hearing involving transport department officials descended into good-natured farce when Senator Matt Canavan started grilling them on whether McLaren are showing bias against Aussie star Oscar Piastri, in the wake of Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix.

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Red Bull issue official apology after Kimi Antonelli abused online

Red Bull have expressed their 'sincere regret' that Kimi Antonelli was on the receiving end of threats and abuse after Sunday's F1 Qatar Grand Prix.

Both Max Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase and team advisor Helmut Marko suggested that the young Mercedes driver had moved aside to allow Lando Norris past him in the closing stages of the race, damaging Verstappen's championship hopes.

Replays showed fairly quickly that Norris had, in fact, taken advantage of a massive snap of oversteer from Antonelli which nearly caused him to lose control of his car completely.

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