Sergio Pérez has addressed Red Bull's strategy to replace Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda, starting from this weekend's Japanese GP

Having lost his seat at Red Bull after just two grands prix, Liam Lawson wants to show he belongs in F1 with Racing Bulls and is not thinking about a future return to the top team in the stable

Yuki Tsunoda says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told him to be prepared in case of a promotion before his seat swap with Liam Lawson was confirmed, Red Bull opted to replace Lawson

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.

For McLaren, the start to the 2025 F1 season has been close to perfect. Lando Norris captured the win at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix while Oscar Piastri took victory at the CHinese Grand Prix.

Liam Lawson has talked publicly about his shock departure from Red Bull Racing after just two races into the 2025 season.

LONDON (AP) — Former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez says he is in talks with Formula 1 teams about a return to the grid after having his contract ended two years early. A six-time race winner across 14 years in F1, Perez was replaced at Red Bull this season by Liam Lawson, who also struggled and was quickly demoted.

Yuki Tsunoda will replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull from the Japanese Grand Prix, and the New Zealander will return to the Racing Bulls.