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Explained: Why Red Bull swapped Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda

Lawson’s disastrous Australian GP weekend, in which he failed to clear Q1 after a solid, if unspectacular, Friday practice had Marko already pressing the panic button to have Lawson swapped out immediately. With Lawson’s head already drooping, the Chinese Grand Prix weekend did little to assuage the issues. Not only was he unable to find pace, grip, or confidence, but his demeanour had become concerning – the normally quite chipper and upbeat Kiwi had become somewhat despondent and morose, with one source revealing Lawson had spent most of his weekend apologising to anyone present about his lack of competitiveness. With the seat having been up in the air between Lawson and Tsunoda just over three months ago, Lawson’s rapid change of mental state meant the scales tipped back firmly in Tsunoda’s direction. This was despite Lawson’s social media use being restricted by the team following his announcement of his drive due to the extent of the negativity shown towards him by various fanbases. A source has indicated to PlanetF1.com that the feeling in the camp was that it was a little too much, too soon, for Lawson – the reality of stepping up as a rookie to race alongside F1’s current talisman, Max Verstappen, under the weight of expectation and the pressure of delivering when his predecessors had not, got to him in ways that weren’t foreseen. While the RB21 is undoubtedly a tricky beast, as Lawson made clear by his reveal of how he was struggling to get the car into what is a very narrow operating window, the Kiwi is understood to have been quite open about the fact that he also was not driving to the best of his abilities. Lawson, whose youthful confidence in his own abilities has now had to give way to a more humbling position, has taken a serious career blow, and it will be a devastating period of time for someone who has never had their abilities in doubt before. But it’s key to note that the journey isn’t over for Lawson – it’s in his hands from here, with Racing Bulls a likely home for the foreseeable. After all, referring back to the word “rotation” as was mentioned in the press release, what does Red Bull do if Tsunoda meets with the same struggles?

📸 by mark thompson | excerpt via PlanetF1

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📸 voltacatalunya 1 / redbullborahansgrohe 2-3

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did I close my fist around something delicate?

to my dearest @saintlysebchal ❤️✨

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@ abudhabigp a brilliant WHAT? on Charles??

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Sir Lewis Hamilton, Susie Wolff and James Rossiter in the British Formula Renault Championship (2003)

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📸 redbullborahansgrohe

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if the cota organizers wanted to ensure they’d have a sold out race for years to come, they’d put a stripper pole, cowboy hat, and lasso on that podium and have a DJ ready to blast Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) at full volume while marc does his thing

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"I AM GOOD. 👹 I AM BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. 👹 I AM COMFORTABLE. 👹🔪" <- Alex Albon reminding everyone that's he's a chill guy

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My agenda from now on.

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there's so much happening here.

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Primož before stage 1 of Volta a Catalunya 2025

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expressive little weirdo 🥰

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Come on Sebastian, you need to give him the space.

Malaysian GP 2013 | for @4xmulti21champion

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Highlight of the Chinese gp

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with this race charles has now scored the most points for ferrari in history

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The main lesson we can take away from this race weekend is that they will always be so happy to fight each other, even if it’s for p19-p20 they always will be so so happy ❤️‍🩹

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