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.

Yuki Tsunoda has been promoted to Red Bull's Formula 1 team, replacing Liam Lawson in the second seat, starting at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2025.

Yuki Tsunoda need not worry about his Red Bull stint potentially being as short as Liam Lawson’s with Helmut Marko offering support. The Japanese driver will step into Lawson’s vacated RB21 at Suzuka next week,

Yuki Tsunoda will race for Red Bull from his home Japanese Formula One Grand Prix next week with struggling New Zealander Liam Lawson demoted to sister team Racing Bulls in a straight swap.

Yuki Tsunoda will be Max Verstappen’s racing partner for the rest of the Formula 1 season, Red Bull said Thursday. Tsunoda will swap places with Liam Lawson, who lasted just two races in a Red Bull seat and will now spend the rest of the year racing for Red Bull’s sister team Racing Bulls.

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Max Verstappen liked an Instagram post criticising Red Bull for replacing Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda after just two races and now three more F1 drivers have followed suit

Liam Lawson has broken his silence on his demotion from Red Bull to sister team Racing Bulls, describing it as “tough”.

COMMENT: Red Bull have promoted their Japanese driver just two races into the new season at the expense of Liam Lawson – but as Kieran Jackson explains, the role of Max Verstappen’s teammate is the to