Barely three months ago, Yuki Tsunoda’s window to drive for Red Bull Racing in Formula One appeared to have closed. Despite putting forward a strong case through the 2024 season for its sister team, RB, Red Bull passed over Tsunoda when replacing Sergio Pérez. Instead, it promoted Tsunoda’s teammate Liam Lawson into the seat.

Formula One driver Liam Lawson said his demotion by Red Bull after two races was "tough" but he was excited to return to his former team Racing Bulls.

The Red Bull Racing F1 team has parted ways with Liam Lawson after just two races for the 2025 season, making way for Racing Bulls' Yuki Tsunoda.

Verstappen was able to fight for the title thanks to his considerable skill in the car. But the team lost out to both McLaren and Ferrari in the constructors' standings, something that will have had a very considerable impact upon the end-of-year bonuses for Red Bull's hundreds of employees.

In a major shake-up for the world of Formula 1, the Red Bull Racing team has decided to replace Liam Lawson after just two Grand Prix weekends in 2025 when he performed poorly

Red Bull has dropped Liam Lawson as four-time reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen's teammate after just two races and replaced him with Yuki Tsunoda.

Sergio “Checo” Pérez could return to Formula 1 circuits. The Mexican driver is reported to be in negotiations Cadillac, the newest F1 team.

Liam Lawson's bad start to 2025 has taken another turn as the Kiwi has been dropped to Racing Bulls with Yuki Tsunoda going to Red Bull.

(Reuters) -Formula One driver Liam Lawson said his demotion by Red Bull after two races was "tough" but he was excited to return to his former team Racing Bulls. The New Zealander was replaced by Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda in a straight swap between the sister teams after not scoring a point in Australia and China as defending champion Max Verstappen's new teammate.