Red Bulls Yuki Tsunoda was just one tenth behind Max Verstappen in the most representative practice session on Friday in Japan but was not fully satisfied; watch final practice on Saturday from 3.30am before qualifying at 7am,

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.

SUZUKA, Japan — Yuki Tsunoda finally has his promotion at Red Bull. That was difficult enough, elevated to the top team last week as Liam Lawson was demoted to Red Bull's No. 2 Formula 1 team — Racing Bulls — after failing to score points in the season's first two races.