'His best race of the year': Red Bull boss Christian Horner sings praise for young AlphaTauri driver

Christian Horner believes Yuki Tsunoda's outstanding performance comes as an apt send-off for AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost. After the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Brit spoke to the media on the Faenza team's plans for the coming season.

3 things you need to know

• Christian Horner is all praise for Yuki Tsunoda's performance at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was
• Tsunoda finished 9th
• Horner sees the performance as the perfect farewell to Franz Tost

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Christian Horner speaks about the performance of Yuki Tsunoda

With Tsunoda finishing ninth and leading the race for several laps, the Abu Dhabi GP underlined his ability as a driver. Former Red Bull returnee Daniel Ricciardo had a tear in his brake duct that hampered the opening half of his race, and he couldn't finish higher than 11th.

Another recent development at the AlphaTauri team has been the rumors of a possible name change. Currently, Red Bull GmbH Austria has a trademark named Racing Bulls registered in European firms, which has aroused suspicion about the future of the Faenza squad.

“I thought Yuki did a great job, today particularly on a one stop. He obviously looks after his tyres well. And for that strategy had very strong pace. So I think it was arguably his best race of the year. I think Daniel had a tear-off or something in the brake duct, so it affected his race. But you know, well done to Yuki and Franz in his final race to have led the Grand Prix. It was a nice touch.” Horner said.

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Horner on potential name change

As far as confirming the future name for the Faenza team and whether it was going to be Racing Bulls, Horner replied:

“Well look it will be for AlphaTauri to announce whatever name change they choose to have as there is a lot of speculation about naming and so on. And of course, you've got company names, you've got entrant names, which take deference to partners as well. So I'm sure when the timing is right, they'll announce what their rebrand is going to be for next year."