It comes as no surprise that Mick Schumacher, son of legendary seven-time Formula One champion Michael, is grabbing all the headlines ahead of the new season. ‘I know Max is really fast, and he is one of the drivers that I want to drive with,’ Tsunoda told Sportsmail. Hopefully I can drive there one day and drive with Max but he is in a different team, and also has a different target. Hopefully I can drive with Max in the future, but I am just focusing on this year with AlphaTauri. ‘I didn’t expect to get here this fast to become an F1 driver. When I was in F4 in Japan, of course I always aimed to become an F1 driver but I didn’t expect to be one at 20 years old,’ Tsunoda said. ‘Of course I try to be the best rookie driver in Formula One. For seven years there hasn’t been a driver from Japan, so I hope they will enjoy my driving, and I will just try to get as good a result as possible for them.

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