So who will only be the friend of the Max Versstappen team in Red Bull when the Formula 1 season returns to the Japanese Grand Prix within a week?
With Red Bull understood that he was giving serious attention to Yuki Tsunoda’s exchange of Liam Lawson and Racing Bulls for the next competition in Suzuka after opening the former opening of the former F1 season in the new season in the car that team chief Christian Horner has been “the most difficult place. season of season.
Speculation about Lawson’s future – and discussing what Red Bull could have done different at this point and what they could do after F1 display While Simon Lazenby, Ted Kravitz and Bernie Collins returned to discuss the main themes in the sport after the Chinese Grand Prix last weekend.
In Lawson’s initial results compared to Verstappen after three consecutive exits in qualifying sessions and no points, Collins said: “The shows did not look great from any racing weekends so far.
“(In China) seven tenths in Q1 are enough to place them at very different ends of the network.
“Max is very, very strong. He benefits as much from the car. He sets the laps when it matters, he rarely makes mistakes. He generally transcends others who make mistakes. He gets the best lap together when he matters and even in competitions when matters, he manages to attract it.
“There was a very interesting interview, in my opinion, with Christian Horner.
“Max can handle it; this is the direction of development they have gone.
“How difficult is they to get out of this? Will they ever go the second sedilage?”
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Although Lawson had never driven him to Albert Park or in the international circuit Shanghai earlier, and even Verstappen described the new year of 2025 Red Bull as a challenging machine to drive, the new Zealander sub-pressed admitted after his miserable Chinese GP that the performance of the car was to get as soon as possible.
Kravitz believes “they have to give him some time” in front of a race in a circuit he has run.
“They would be crazy to replace Lawson for Japan because Lawson knows Suzuka as the back of the hand and it will be clear that it will be better there,” he said.
“He would never have been heading to Australia and China, which is a truly complicated road to get the best.”
Collins, who again asked why Lawson was no longer given testing in an older Red Bull car before promoting it in the old team, also suggested that they could have approached the whole process of choosing a replacement for Sergio Perez differently given the challenging features of their car.
“I think they’re in big trouble,” she said. “I think they should have looked at the newest talent and say,” Who is the most advanced Aero balance? “This is what we believe that the characteristic of that car is, is very much in the nose and very different from racing bulls in characteristic.
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Karun Chandhok and Bernie Collins wondering why Red Bull did not follow a similar test schedule with Mercedes and Kimi Antonelli when introduced Lawson in the car
“So they should have looked (to see which) of their new drivers is running closest to that spectrum, they are the one who will be more successful.
“They should have all put in a Red Bull Bull for a day and say” Who can take the best time lap from this car? “
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