Former F1 driver Mark Webber has drawn an interesting comparison between the current driver predicament facing Red Bull and a recent scenario in MotoGP. Red Bull have ruthlessly decided to ditch Liam Lawson and replace him with Yuki Tsunoda from the Japanese Grand Prix after just two races of the new F1 season.
Even for a team with a reputation for making sudden midseason driver swaps, to move this early in the year feels abrupt.
Just what is consistently making the second seat next to Max Verstappen consistently what even Red Bull bosses admit is the hardest in F1? watch every session of the Japanese GP live on Sky Sports F1
13d
Motorsport.com on MSNHow Tsunoda already puts Lawson – and Red Bull – under pressureHaving entrusted Liam Lawson with the seat next to Max Verstappen, Red Bull would have hoped for him to perform straight away. Yet, it is not the New Zealander who is impressing at the start of the season,
In a surprising twist of events within the world of Formula 1, Red Bull Racing has announced the replacement of Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda after only two grand prix races. This decision has raised eyebrows across the motorsport community,
22h
GPFans on MSNYuki Tsunoda SPINS Red Bull as fans given Japan showYuki Tsunoda has treated Japanese Formula 1 fans to a show ahead of this weekend’s race at Suzuka, where he drove a Red Bull for the first time since replacing Liam Lawson. The 24-year-old will race alongside Max Verstappen at the Japanese Grand Prix,
Yuki Tsunoda is relishing the pressure of making his Red Bull debut in front of his home fans at the Japanese Grand Prix, saying Wednesday: "I'm never going to have this experience again." "There's the pressure of swapping teams,
Now, though, with a Red Bull debut at his home of Suzuka on the horizon, his moment has finally arrived. The questions come thick and fast. Can he deliver? Has it all come too late? The turnaround in the days since the Chinese Grand Prix -- and Tsunoda's promotion from Racing Bulls at the expense of Liam Lawson -- has been nothing short of remarkable,