Liam Lawson is definitively sidelined by Red Bull Racing after just two races. From the Japanese Grand Prix onwards, Yuki Tsunoda is Max Verstappen’s new teammate.
Liam Lawson is definitively sidelined by Red Bull Racing after just two races. From the Japanese Grand Prix onwards, Yuki Tsunoda is Max Verstappen’s new teammate.
It’ll be amusing if Lawson does better in the Racing Bulls car than he did in the RB. Or if he does better in the Racing Bulls car than Tsunoda does in the Red Bull.
I don’t think it’s impossible that Perez was not slipping - the problem is instead that Red Bull actually has bad (or idiosyncratic) cars, and Verstappen is just so good he can still win in them.
I think both of these will end up being true. I hope Tsunoda does well because I want him to succeed, but I think he’ll struggle. We know Liam can drive, he proved that last season, so I don’t doubt he’ll be about on par with Hadjar.
Agree on the Perez & RBR development. It makes me wonder if Max is actually terrible at giving feedback about the car for development and just drives around issues, and the team are only really taking his feedback on board.