Red Bull has pulled the trigger after just two rounds in 2025, swapping Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda. But beyond the on-track implications, what message does it send to young drivers and the Red Bull junior program?
The thing is, this isn’t new. This might be the most aggressive move we’ve seen them make so far but it’s one in a long line of crazy expectations from their drivers.
Yuki should’ve been moved first and it was stupid that he wasn’t. That tells prospects at Racing Bulls (this is so gross to say) all they need to know. The drama there has been playing out season after season and Red Bull has plenty of history showing how they handle drivers.
It’s likely to continue until they lose Max or land the next generational talent.
Absolutely agree. To copy from my own comment the other day, I guess Red Bull have struck gold twice with Vettel and Verstappen and so they’re willing to burn through young drivers as fast as possible to find the next prodigy.
I agree with that. It’s how you win 4 WDC on the trot twice now, and then kinda just suffer in between, I guess.
I feel like young drivers have to see this and want to steer clear if they have other options? Idk seems insanely risky to me
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It’s completely absurd to have that strategy when you are the only team who also has a second dev team
The environment was at least counter balanced with the benefit that Newey could build a championship contending car. Those days may be gone now. Is it worth going through the meat grinder to be in the mid-field there?
The thing is, this isn’t new. This might be the most aggressive move we’ve seen them make so far
Then it’s kind of new
Yuki should’ve been moved first and it was stupid that he wasn’t
That’s just it, this was the obvious choice at the end of last season as well as the proper way to groom Lawson. The fact RB fucked up the strategy here basically says RB is bad at planning more than 1 race ahead and may hint at sone underlying racism in the mix (looking at you Helmut)
The message is git gud. Also why is every press outlet acting like Lawson’s career is over. Lawson still gets a second chance to ride a full season at Racing Bulls. He might not get a seat at RB anymore, but if he proves himself at the junior team he still has a chance to get a seat at one of the other teams. Like Albon and Gasly are still in F1 even though they failed at RB.
