Liam Lawson’s difficult start for the Formula 1 2025 season in the Chinese Grand Prix. After qualifying in the eighteenth place and leaving the Australian Grand Prix, Lawson qualified in the P20 for both the F1 Sprint and Grand Prix himself in Shanghai, where he finished out of points on both events.
Now, looking at Red Ball in both McLaren and Mercedes in the ranking, Lucon is looking for a point for his first in the season, speculation grows around a possible alternative to the early season of the team.
according to Autosport Red Bull is “thinking about changing his driver assortment” before the Japanese Grand Prix in two weeks, with Yuki Tsunoda as a possible alternative.
Speaking to the media after the Chinese Grand Prix, Horner cleaned “speculation in the ring”, and indicated that he was “sorry” to the young driver who gave him pressure on him at the present time.
“There will always be speculation in the ring. As I said, we have just finished the race here. We will take information and take a good look at it,” Start Horner as it was conveyed before Sky Sports F1.
“I think Liam’s had a couple of races, a difficult weekend here. We were elected to take it out of the network from Parc Ferme to make a major change in preparation, so we managed to get 56 rpm of reasonable data from that,” Red Paul Boss continued. “Obviously, we will take it away, we will take a good look at him, and as a group, we will do our best to support him.”
“Formula 1 is a pressure, right? There is always time pressure. [Lawson] He knows this ” continued Horner.
“We hope that it will respond accordingly, and we will see where we go.
“Liam is a great small contestant. I mean, it comes out of the elbows. He races strongly. He is currently struggling to find the maximum with this car, gets the maximum benefit from the car, as a team, we look forward to supporting it in the best way we can.
The language of “elbows” reflects what Horner said about Lawson when he first appeared in 2024 in the United States’ Grand Prix. During the weekend at the weekend, Lawson, who was in the position of Daniel Ricardo, was struggling at VCARB, in a few scraps on the path with Fernando Alonso.
This is definitely caught the attention of Horner at the time.
“Yes, I think that if you are in disagreement and get out of the elbows with Fernando [Alonso] In your first race again, you do everything well. “I think he led an exceptional race today from 19 to ninth,” Horner told the media. Incurred SB nationLast October in Austin. “It was quickly. He was brave. I think it was an excellent return for him.”
However, the results are not present at the present time. And with the presence of Red Bull in the ranking of the Benin Championship – and Max Verstapen is looking for Lando Norris in drivers “with George Russell and Oscar Bayastiri in the wake of it – Horner knows that the team needs drivers in the mixture.
“You are always going in the final performance, just as fast cars are not easy to drive, but we know that there is a performance that we need to find and we need both drivers there if there is any opportunity to fight for the creators championship,” Described Horner.
“With the drivers’ championship, you must have a second car in playing. You can not only do it from one leg. So we want as a team, combined, to make sure we are getting the best in both drivers and get both cars with greater than the network.”
As for the driver himself, Lucon admitted this week that he needed “performance”, otherwise it may not be long.
“But I am not stupid either, and I know it is clear that I am here to perform, and if I don’t do it, I will not be present,” I will not be present, ” I mentioned Lawson. “So, for me, I just focus on getting used to the car as quickly as possible.”
Lawson’s problem may be a lack of poor patience Red Bull when it comes to this second seat. Since Verstapen slipped to his current place during the 2016 season, he was leading alongside five different colleagues: Daniel Ricardo, Pierre Jasli, Alex Albun, Sergio Perez, and now Lucon.
Verstapen received his seat when the team marginalized Daniel Kafia.
As for those who will replace Lawson, Tsunoda is the name that comes to mind. He was transferred to upgrade to Red Bull in this season – when the team separated from ways with Pérez – Tsunoda came out to a strong start with Buls App Racing Buls this year. The fifth qualified for the Australian Grand Prix race, and the ninth for the Chinese Grand Prix.
While it did not end in the points in any of the race (it was retracted by a strategic invitation in Melbourne and suffered from front damage in Shanghai), he got three points with the sixth place in the F1 race in the Chinese Grand Prix.
When asked if he would be open to such a switch for the next race, his house race in Japan, Tsunouda enthusiastically responded.
Japan? Yes, 100 %. I mean, [Red Bull] The car is faster, ” He said The driver.
Whether Red Bull makes such a switch actually still see. But at the present time, it seems that the door is open to such a step.
