@@oa1017 Yes, that is why just last year he swerved towards RIC almost wiping them both out when he was upset. He's better this year but there was still behavior last year that was immature and costly for him.
Hardest jobs in F1 3rd - Max's team mate (hard) 2nd - Williams Mechanics (brutal) 1st - Lawrence Stroll "aka turning your son into an F1 champion" (dam near impossible)
How about being Fernando Alonso's teammate? (Learn from Tarso Marques, Alex Yoong, Jacques Villeneuve, Nelson Piquet Jr., Romain Grosjean, Kimi Räikkönen, Stoffel Vandoorne, Esteban Ocon, and Lance Stroll)
I think the worst thing Red Bull did was block him from leaving to another team while saying it's somehow his fault he didn't move up. They screwed him.
I half agree. At the time I suspect Red Bull genuinely considered Yuki as viable for promotion. I don't think Liam was really in the frame until Austin at the earliest.
Yuki will get chance probably, Liam can't be close to Max as RedBull wants. Liam is still not at that level, and he drives RedBull only because they have only two options at the moment. I think plenty of stuffs will happen in 2025
@@OLDGOLDSTEFF Yuki will never get a Red Bull seat. He's simply not marketable (except maybe to Honda/Japan), and Red Bull is all about marketing. He is always awkward at promotional events and they can't roll him out and rely on him to glad hand sponsors like other drivers they've had. Even after 5 years and getting more comfortable with the regular journalists in the paddock, his race interviews are rambling affairs which are excruciating to watch. The upside I guess is that those same journos appear to go soft on him to help him out.
He aint good enought for RB, but still their best option for Torro Rosso. Its not like he is chained there, he signed contract, with his own hands. Some people tend to forget that he is a grown man and should read what he signs up.
It’s fascinating for those of us who are long-time fans that a 5 year career is something to be ashamed of - uh, 5 years is INCREDIBLE. Many many drivers vanished after just a few races, in the past, and were never seen again! Getting 5 years at the pinnacle of racing is an incredible achievement and Yuki could leave the sport incredibly proud of that. There were time periods in the crazy 80s where you had no idea what the lineup would be week to week, the current stability of these drivers is a new phenomenon.
Was just saying this! This guy retires today, which ain’t happening, he’s done more than most names people can come up who aren’t champions. And if he did leave f1, which he won’t, I bet my channel he’s in a Le Mans winning car within 2 years . Half a decade mostly outperforming expectations and beating your teammates is something to be very very proud of
Context is key. He's done 5 years in the junior team. The main goal of the Red Bull driver program is to graduate to the top team. No Red Bull family driver wants to do 5 years in the junior team
As a long term F1 fan then you'd know that Torro Rosso is just a feeder team. Traditionally you got 2 seasons in the junior team, you either got promoted to the main team or you are dropped before the next group of junior drivers are thrown in. To stay 5 years at the junior you need to be ruthless and look for a route out so you have an opportunity somewhere else
@@smokeybandit9760 you’re missing the point ENTIRELY. 5 years at any team at all is an unqualified success compared to the driver swap fest we used to have
And yet, in an alternate dimension where Yuki does get put in the RedBull, the Race I'm sure, are putting out a video asking "Have RedBull made a mistake not choosing Lawson?".
Mercedes are also throwing in an 18 year old who's never taken part in an F1 weekend in his life. Red Bull aren't exactly alone in this gamble, and Mercedes are arguably making the bigger roll of the dice
@benfulford3943 Yes exactly. You missed the point tho. Mercedes and Ferrari have historically put their academy drivers in their customer teams, emulating what Red Bull do with RB. So while no they don't have their own junior teams, they use their customer teams to that effect. Bearman is at Haas, and Mercedes had every opportunity to put Antonelli in Williams and sign Carlos which would have been much more reliable
Suzuki Yuki will not even be in f1 in 2026 Honda sponsored driver who only goes backwards & go watch TSN sports f1 highlights ladt race n watch lance stroll out class him in
Yeah, at least they should have given him a shot at it based on his performance and his long service with the team. It's a damn shame to not allow him to at least try. If he gets his attempt and fails, at least that whole thing is over, if he manages to keep up with Verstappen, it'd be swell.
As I said a few times before Lawson will be fine, he faced that Horrid DTM Finale, beat out albon and got over it and performed well in Super Formula. He has plenty of time to prepare and pre-session testing this time to get familiar with the car. Might not be enough to beat Max over a season but he will learn and improve and i doubt he will lose his seat.
Marko requires Lawson to be within three tenths of Verstappen to hold his place. We will see if this happens. Lawson may indeed outqualify and outrace Verstappen from time to time, you never know.
thank you! Lawson has won on debut in a number of different classes - he's got talent. He also likes a similar setup to Max - I feel a lot of critics will be suddenly quiet in a few months.
It angers me so much that they do everything to make sure hes stuck in the junior team but right after the season ends they immediatly talk about kicking him.
@NicholasLatipi their plan was to boycot him by putting the least experienced driver in the redbull and not letting him find opportunities elsewhere in time? Damn if thats true redbull is super shitty company
@@NicholasLatipitheir plan was to boycot him by putting the least experienced driver in the redbull and not letting him find opportunities elsewhere in time? Damn if thats true redbull is super shitty company
I don’t understand Red Bull’s driver decisions at all. From what I remember, wasn’t Daniel supposed to replace Checo mid-season only to then later himself get the axe by Lawson? Part of me feels like aside from Max being the clear number 1, Red Bull flies by the seat of their pants regarding the other four seats. The fact they chose to keep Tsunoda, not promoting him to the parent team, and now saying he should be given the opportunity to leave right after one of the most wide-open driver markets we’ve ever seen just really shows this to me.
Ricciardo was supposed to decimate Tsunoda, thereby making it easy to swap with Checo, and Tsunoda and Checo would have battled it out to see who got replaced by Lawson. They are always going to favor someone who came through their academy over Checo or Tsunoda. They think Lawson has more potential and a better temperament, which is a factor, probably because of how Gasly behaved.
The only way to make sense about Liam getting the seat now would have been if they put Liam straight away into the second team after sacking De Vries mid 2023 and give Liam a good 1 1/2 seasons to learn at the junior team. But no, they chose a has-been Ricciardo who didn't deserve any seat after his miserable McLaren stint...
@ this is my thinking from the get go. F1 is ruthless, but at the same time it’s one of those things where there should be at least some logic behind the moves in both the short and long term.
Super Formula =/= Formula One There’s only so much you can read into accomplishments in other motorsports formats as an indicator of potential in Formula One. For instance, plenty of promising and successful F2 drivers have floundered when they reach Formula One. The only real indicator of success in Formula One is… actual success in Formula One. And Lawson is stepping into arguably the most demanding seat in F1 without having completed a single full season
yeah, it's called 'click bait' - negative news gets more clicks than positive news unfortunately. so sad we are as humans... personally, given a decent car, i think lawson will do ok. i'm not expecting top 3 but think he'll get top 10 results more frequently than perez did for the first 1/2 of his new RB season. he'll need at least 1/2 - 1 season before he gets anywhere near pole, but I like his confidence and mental drive.
I'm telling you, this kid (Arvid Lindblad) is the one to watch in the coming years. I have watched his races, the way he overtakes is something else man.
Exactly!!! RB Junior team is developing many great talents and ALL TEAMS BENEFIT of it. Carlos, Seb, DR, Pierre, Alex all drove at several teams MCLAREN, FERRARI, ASTON MARTIN, WILLIAMS, RENAULT and ALPINE. Almost all teams benefit and like to sign former RB JUNIORS. And yes next season, inclusive Doohan, 40% of the grid former RB junior drivers
They just love to beat this old drum about how Red Bull junior program is toxic…. Even thou in reality almost no driver from the other teams Junior programs ever ever get a call up.
@@uchralchonos7041other teams don't have a B team to bring drivers in. It's one thing to have a team fighting for success and another to publicly have one team fighting for success while stating this second team is for young drivers to develop only to then not develop any young drivers. Also wild for you to say no other team is promoting youngsters going into a season where Merc have two academy drivers in the team, Ferrari has one in and negotiated for Haas to take another, Williams finished last season promoted a nobody who wasn't even their top prospect to drive for half a season after another academy driver failed and for the first time ever Renault/Alpine have actually promoted someone (like legit I think the last time an academy driver drove for the team was kubica or grosjean and I'm not sure if that counts given they left the academy drove for another F1 team then got signed to Renault). That leaves what two academies that haven't promoted anyone Aston whos had an academy for all of 5 minutes and hasn't really signed anyone and Sauber who just gutted their entire academy to start the Audi academy so don't actually have anyone signed.
they would all so have all sim data Lawson vs Tsunoda Formula 1 (F1) drivers typically spend several hours in the simulator before a grand prix. The amount of time spent in the simulator can vary depending on the competition and how the driver is feeling. For example, Lando Norris has said that he spends an average of four to five hours in the simulator. F1 drivers use the simulator to prepare for races by testing setups and finding the car's optimal configuration. Setup changes in the simulator are quick, taking minutes, compared to the 20 minutes it takes at the racetrack.
The Race go all weepy when McLaren cut Ricciardo for Pisatri? ffs, this is a full-cringe video. Checo had lost his form. Yuki, with four full seasons, was barely beating Lawson, who has completed less than half a season. Yuki signed a multi year contract with Red Bull to drive for RB. The team invested a LOT of time and money getting him to this point in his career. They want to keep him in that seat through the remainder of his contract. I don't blame them.
Barely beating is still beating, although 4-2 on finishes and 8-4 on points isn't "barely", it's comfortable. In 2021 Mick only beat Mazepin on countback, but we all know he stuffed him into a cocked hat.
@@soundscape26 11 races if you count 2023. In general Yuki has a propensity to go for low % moves = hero or zero. Lawson has always played the %'s, growing up in NZ he never had money to fix a car, first rule "bring it back in one piece"... Actually one of the few times Lawson had a crash in the juniors was with Yuki! Yuki did a close pass dive bomb on Lawson (for fun), got wrong and took both of them out, similar to what he did with Riccardo.
Rough! There is more risk and pressure on Antonelli but not much discussion on that taking place. Lawson has done a season in super formula which is being ignored.
With less than 10 gp Liam was there or thereabouts next Yuki in terms of race pace. Even the quali stats everybody is using where Liam was beaten 6-0 is misleading. In 3 of the qualis , Liam was less than a tenth off Yuki. Horner maybe a deluded prick, but the point he makes about Liam having a higher ceiling is valid. Liam also seems to be a bit more aggressive kind of like a George Russel character while Yuki seems like he’d fit more in a midfield team. Just my 2 cents.
Liam does have a history of adapting very, very fast He won on his debut in every category he's ever driven in, F1 aside, including GT3 without having ever driven tintops and the notoriously tricky Super Formula
@@DeicideB5S4 I think this says more about Liam than it says about Yuki Honestly the most impressive Lawson performance was Suzuka 2023, he matched Yuki on race pace on a track that rewards tyre conservation (and therefore experience)
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 I think his Zandvoort and Interlagos rain performance is super underrated. Not one major mistake whilst pretty much everyone was locking up and running wide left right and centre.
Honestly, Lawson has the potential to be a Max replacement if he decides to move / retire soon, as the rumours have circulated. Tsunoda doesn’t have the same ceiling and is also closer to reaching it, so 3 years from now, I don’t see him being a WDC-winning driver.
Even if Lawsons season would be brilliant they will have a huge problem. In that case people will expect more from Lawson the following season, but at the same time Max would not want his teammate attacking his no 1 position, which will cause issues in the team. Red Bull doesn't need a second megastar driver. They already have one who is not good with dealing with having another one on his team. They need a reliable support driver who will regularly bring points but at the same time is ready to forfeit his titlechance for the team. - And judging from what we as viewers could see, Tsunoda is exactly that.
I feel like fans have taken the one thing Yuki is really good at, (qualifying) & applied it to everything in saying he’s been screwed. While entertaining his temperament is well documented & race pace/tire management is something he isn’t great at compared to his 1-lap speed.
Do you even pay attention to his races? His tire management is great, its how he made the one-stop no one else did in Hungary work to finish in points and we saw it in Monaco as well
Whenever the picture switches to the Caddilac concept. I feel like I was looking at an F2 car rather than a 2026 F1 concept, worse even than that APX GP movie car...
I disagree Have you seen his performance under pressure in DTM or SuperFormula where he went against veterans in those sports and held his own. If you are referring to him fighting Alonso hard in Cota or showing his index finger to Perez for damaging his car then your simply too soft, 2010s and 2000s was a different level compared to now.
he's been waiting and begging for it for a couole of years had expected to get a drive a while back so I'm sure he got some prep and also some practice last races
If we consider pure performance, especially in terms of race wins and consistency, Ricciardo likely edges out Pérez during their respective times at Red Bull. His ability to consistently challenge for victories and his adaptability in different race conditions set him apart during his peak years. They should have tried him in a few races, maybe he could have helped them win the manufacturer's championship.
I have said on many times, this is not about Tsunoda, its about the TEAMS. Red Bull is looking at the post Max era and they have to start planning NOW if they want to be successful. We all believe that Yuki will be AM Honda bound in 2026, so why promote him as he will only be a short term "fix" where as Liam will be a long term fix and may end up being the team leader and long term driver for Red Bull. Leaving Yuki at VCARB makes sense as VCARB have in Yuki a driver that they say is fast and has greatly improved his feedback, so they can use Yuki to benchmark Hadjar. Putting in two rookies Lawson and Hadjar at VCARB makes no sense, as you have no reference point and that is what Yuki is. That's why he didn't get the promotion. Every team needs a team leader. Look at HASS with Schumacker and Mazipan. That didn't work out to well for HASS and VCARB must be wary of repeating that mistake. As I have said this is about the TEAMS and not drivers. Red Bull and VCARB must do what is right for them, now and in the future and it takes time to see if a driver will develop into a strong number 1 or not. Max may not be at Red Bull forever, so this is the planning stage for the post Max time.
That's so true, they should be able to, but nobody knows when that will be and those guys you mentioned may not be available. At least this way they are covering their rear. But you are right those guys would be a better option
@@TassieLorenzobut if bortoleto is under a McLaren contract, why would they let him drive for redbull? You don’t let another top team have use of your ace cos he will be pinched.
I do find it interesting how 1-2 years ago, we were talking about how Lawson is getting screwed over by RedBull by not getting his seat at AlphaTauri/RB. Now that Yuki has been fixing his attitude, its been a lot harder for the fans to see who has the better potential. Something I've noticed as well is that Yuki just straight up has a bigger fan base than Liam obviously. But Liam was (and still is) a very loved Junior for RedBull. But since he's replaced Danny Ricc, he's been getting loads of hate because he's simply replaced Danny Ricc. I think Liam is well deserving of this RedBull shot, because if he got his AlphaTauri promotion when it should of happened a year or two ago. Then he would probably be driving for RedBull by 2025 anyway. So RedBull might also be using these points as an I Owe You kinda thing, towards Liam.
All this complaining about Yuki not being in the car is ridiculous since he isn’t that good. Yuki is a 7.5 driver and that’s his cap. Liam is probably a 7..25 with a ton of potential.
Can see yuki going Aston as they have the Honda deal! Think he’s a decent drive but if he ever had the chance to challenge max I don’t think he’s back down, that’s one of the reasons I don’t think they picked him
Let’s be honest - there’s almost no shot they stick with Lawson if he craps the bed early and often in the season. They have the ability to swap drivers mid-season as they’ve done before. Let’s we how this shakes out.
Red Bull has all the data, the decision would have been well considered from all angles and they have concluded that Lawson is the better choice… Lawson will go well.
I wasn’t that impressed by him against Tsunoda. I’m pretty sure they wanted Riccardo to constantly beat Tsunoda and finish in the top ten. Lawson hasn’t achieved that. Time will tell.
Lawson didn’t even match Ricciardo’s performances against Yuki in his last 10 races. DR outperformed Yuki after the new chassis came in and Yuki outperformed Lawson completely. Lawson is an overrated expendable asset and little more.
I think it is highly likely that at the end of the season Lawson is not driving the Red Bull anymore. Lawson still has to go through his crash phase and I think he is going to do that with Red Bull... it would have been better to led Tsunoda explode this year and put Lawson in next season. And if Tsunoda does not explode than Lawson is out of luck but he is also still young so there is still time
Any other sport. You have a rookie who is 99% as good as your current starter. Then you make the rookie your starter as they have a higher ceiling. Simple.
Red Bull already have their franchise player and don't seem to want two simultaneously or they'd have picked up Sainz. The rest are just jostling for #2 driver status who can do good enough to support Max. Also: in other sports, your rookie not being ready doesn't cost the team many millions of dollars in equipment damage and generally drain the team/factory of resources/parts to win.
@@4everNFS Sainz might've been a threat in the way Nico was to Hamilton--a long shot, but possible when having a car that should be all rights be 1-2 every weekend like RB was most of 2022-23. More pointing out that Sainz is easily better than anyone in the RB line. RB also could've maybe snagged Alonso but didn't want to. As long as Max is performing at the level he is, I don't think RB is in a hurry to find a 2014 Danny Ric so much as a Bottas-type who is decent but not a threat. Especially with how much of a drama boat Jos is.
RedBull better commit fully and give Lawson 2 years (assuming he doesn't Perez and drop out in Q3). But I won't be surprised if RedBull drop Lawson if Antonelli outperforms Lawson (while Max outperforms Russell)
People and analysts equally and conveniently forget Redbull is a multi championship winning team that's responsible for over 40% of the current drivers in the grid. That tells you, they know a thing or two about what they are doing and being successful in the process. Also it behoves us to be humble to recognize we only judge based on race results but they spend way more time with the drivers and have access to all the data and experience of temperament as such know way more than we do to inform their decisions.
Honestly feel bad for Lawson, the RB second seat curse is going to screw him in the end, I love how Horner says the expectations are set lower as to not put added pressure on Lawson and then in their press release they state “they have high expectations” lol good way to screw a up and coming kid out of F1! Also feel back for Yuki and he’s been completely shadow banned from the RB main team
I would have liked to have seen Lawson get some more seat time in the RB before being promoted but they chose NDV and Ricciardo over him rather than trusting him sooner and allowing him that time to grow in F1. For me he is still finding his feet in F1 and he *will* improve, but it's also true his race pace at certain tracks was stronger than Tsunoda's despite this channel's doubts. Go look at the lap times at CoTA and Abu Dhabi, it wasn't even close in the last race and stint. For me I believe the evidence Horner, Marko etc have seen in such a short amount of time from Lawson puts him in leaning towards expectation rather than blind hope. I feel like the love for Tsunoda might be clouding some judgement here.
No, Honda inflicted this fate on Tsunoda. If the never announced leaving RedBull would have committed to them instead of creating RB Powertrains or aligning themselves with a different OEM. Or if they actually committed to leaving instead of doing a 180 and signing with Aston Martin, they made him an outsider within RedBull. This is Honda's fault.
Mentally Lawson is super mature. In his inverviews he just ain´t 22 years old man. His mindset is, what will set him apart from the other drivers that failed at Red Bull.
Another HUGE Prob with dear YUKI - He's still very very awkward doing PR. As recently as COTA he gave a terrible interview - ever saying himself that he'd 'messed' up. Red Bull is a promo company - and with Honda it's No Surprise Liam got the drive.
Yuki should only have been promoted because he is more expendable. Liam needs a year to get up to speed and it is likely that Max will break him before he does. If Yuki had a serious option for 2025, they would have let him go without causing trouble and signed Franco. So they didn't screw Yuki, they threw him a bone.
yuki was never even in the cards for a redbull seat. he was a checkbox to fill to satisfy honda, nothing more. im more surprised that they didn't go with sainz. they must have lots of confidence in max. not unwarranted.
Horner getting ready to bin Tsunoda as soon as Honda are gone. Sadly for Tsunoda he won't get a seat at Aston Martin because one seat is never going to be available until Stroll Snr sells.
What Red Bull did to Tsunoda reminds of what Yamaha did to Cameron Beaubier. Like Cameron Beaubier that got passed over for a Yamaha promotion in favor Vinales the same thing is happening to Tsunoda.
I think the intense scrutiny over Tsunoda's temperament has been very unfair and unjustified. Verstappen is a lot more aggressive on track and team radio, but he doesn't get the same treatment.
@@alexjarrett5968 least obvious meat-riding. If temperament was an actual hindrance then Verstappen and other goats should never have gotten their seats in the first place, since they had similar behaviours from early in their careers before their F1 wins.
Im a kiwi. Lawson is great but Tsunoda should be in the seat. Great Programs are clear and consistent meritocracies. This has been proven ad nauseum by professional sports franchises globally.
Remember that Adrian Newey built the chassis of Redbull and without Newey they will fail😂😂. Just look at how Redbull handled the Situation with the floor. Max likes Newey and Max might come to Aston Martin with Newey in 2026
Weird no one ever mentions Lawsons successes. Beat Albon in sister cars in DTM while fighting for the title. Then goes to Super Formula and beats his multi-time defending champion teammate in a foriegn country at tracks he'd never been to. Also being the first rookie to win on debut. Hes proven he can step up to challenges. Yuki is good but no one thinks hes great. Lawson has potential to be a top teir driver.
People objectively deny the fact VER-LAW & TSU-HAD are way more balanced teams than VER-TSU & LAW-HAD would be, not to mention Yuki is part of the RB platform because of Honda, who can decide on Racing Bulls lineup but not on Oracle Red Bull Racing one as part of their deal. Man! If you cannot enjoy the sport as part of your well gained leisure time and now *EVERYTHING* has to obbey to your political demands on top of performance and without adding drama to every single event, don't watch F1!
It was a mistake from Red Bull to keep Ricciardo at Toro Rosso for 2024. I would have given this seat to Lawson from the beginning of 2024. I would also have preferred Lawson over Tsunoda from the start of 2024 as I'm sure that Red Bull knew even back then they wouldn't pull Tsunoda up to the main team.
There’s no valid argument about Lawson not having enough experience. Other teams have put rookies into top seats instantly. McLaren with Hamilton, Norris, Piastri. Mercedes with Antonelli. This whole thing about drivers needing to go through junior teams false. Just because that’s the safest path for a drivers mental state doesn’t mean it’s a better path.
Yuki really got the worse of RedBull leadership, he deserves better. Will be really interesting to se how Liam is managing pressure being Verstappen teammate
Tsunoda and Hadjar is going to be the calmest F1 driver pairing of all time...
Tsunoda cussing out his engineers is a turn off
Old days narrative. He’s mature
Dts*
When did everyone lose their sense of humour?
If it's any consolation, I laughed at your comment.
@@oa1017 Yes, that is why just last year he swerved towards RIC almost wiping them both out when he was upset. He's better this year but there was still behavior last year that was immature and costly for him.
Hardest jobs in F1
3rd - Max's team mate (hard)
2nd - Williams Mechanics (brutal)
1st - Lawrence Stroll "aka turning your son into an F1 champion" (dam near impossible)
Stroll wouldn't even win the championship in the 2023 Red Bull
How about being Fernando Alonso's teammate? (Learn from Tarso Marques, Alex Yoong, Jacques Villeneuve, Nelson Piquet Jr., Romain Grosjean, Kimi Räikkönen, Stoffel Vandoorne, Esteban Ocon, and Lance Stroll)
@@RadityaPramanaPutra2001 Ocon did well against Alonso. Put Massa and Fisichella instead.
@peterfighter 1) Probably yeah, I agree with you about Esteban and Felipe.
2) Giancarlo? Really? Why?
@@RadityaPramanaPutra2001 wasnt a problem for some lad called Lewis Hamilton
I think the worst thing Red Bull did was block him from leaving to another team while saying it's somehow his fault he didn't move up. They screwed him.
I half agree. At the time I suspect Red Bull genuinely considered Yuki as viable for promotion. I don't think Liam was really in the frame until Austin at the earliest.
Yuki will get chance probably, Liam can't be close to Max as RedBull wants. Liam is still not at that level, and he drives RedBull only because they have only two options at the moment. I think plenty of stuffs will happen in 2025
@@OLDGOLDSTEFF Yuki will never get a Red Bull seat. He's simply not marketable (except maybe to Honda/Japan), and Red Bull is all about marketing. He is always awkward at promotional events and they can't roll him out and rely on him to glad hand sponsors like other drivers they've had. Even after 5 years and getting more comfortable with the regular journalists in the paddock, his race interviews are rambling affairs which are excruciating to watch. The upside I guess is that those same journos appear to go soft on him to help him out.
You actlike a little Child try to grow up boy !
He aint good enought for RB, but still their best option for Torro Rosso. Its not like he is chained there, he signed contract, with his own hands. Some people tend to forget that he is a grown man and should read what he signs up.
It’s fascinating for those of us who are long-time fans that a 5 year career is something to be ashamed of - uh, 5 years is INCREDIBLE. Many many drivers vanished after just a few races, in the past, and were never seen again! Getting 5 years at the pinnacle of racing is an incredible achievement and Yuki could leave the sport incredibly proud of that. There were time periods in the crazy 80s where you had no idea what the lineup would be week to week, the current stability of these drivers is a new phenomenon.
Was just saying this! This guy retires today, which ain’t happening, he’s done more than most names people can come up who aren’t champions. And if he did leave f1, which he won’t, I bet my channel he’s in a Le Mans winning car within 2 years . Half a decade mostly outperforming expectations and beating your teammates is something to be very very proud of
Context is key. He's done 5 years in the junior team. The main goal of the Red Bull driver program is to graduate to the top team. No Red Bull family driver wants to do 5 years in the junior team
As a long term F1 fan then you'd know that Torro Rosso is just a feeder team. Traditionally you got 2 seasons in the junior team, you either got promoted to the main team or you are dropped before the next group of junior drivers are thrown in.
To stay 5 years at the junior you need to be ruthless and look for a route out so you have an opportunity somewhere else
2023 season: hold my beer
@@smokeybandit9760 you’re missing the point ENTIRELY. 5 years at any team at all is an unqualified success compared to the driver swap fest we used to have
And yet, in an alternate dimension where Yuki does get put in the RedBull, the Race I'm sure, are putting out a video asking "Have RedBull made a mistake not choosing Lawson?".
Well said. All their vids are negative abt RBR
pretty obvious innit
😂😂😂😂
I mean, you can't really defend the driver policy at Red Bull either...
yes, agree
Nah not redbull they have never ever ruined someone's career before
Thats the game baby boy
Not everybody loves you like youre uncle😉
Not like red bull gives the same amount of changes to drive in F1 as the rest of the grid combined.
Drivers ruined their careers or Red Bull ruined them by giving them chance?
they haven't the drivers ruin their own careers
Mercedes are also throwing in an 18 year old who's never taken part in an F1 weekend in his life. Red Bull aren't exactly alone in this gamble, and Mercedes are arguably making the bigger roll of the dice
EXACTLY
Mercedes don't have a junior team to put him into though...
@@benfulford3943 They've paid Williams and Force India (Aston) to house their young drivers before
@fkez0510 so they don't have a junior team then. Williams and Aston Martin already have all their seats filled
@benfulford3943 Yes exactly. You missed the point tho. Mercedes and Ferrari have historically put their academy drivers in their customer teams, emulating what Red Bull do with RB. So while no they don't have their own junior teams, they use their customer teams to that effect. Bearman is at Haas, and Mercedes had every opportunity to put Antonelli in Williams and sign Carlos which would have been much more reliable
Tsunoda should have gotten the call up. Even if just for the reason that he's more disposable than Lawson or Hadjar. Plus...he's earned it.
Tsunoda has done it to himself. If he wasn't so immature, he would get the drive.
Suzuki Yuki will not even be in f1 in 2026 Honda sponsored driver who only goes backwards & go watch TSN sports f1 highlights ladt race n watch lance stroll out class him in
@negative-lift LOL ya cause Max was very mature his first several years. Even the past few seasons he has said immature stuff.
Yeah, at least they should have given him a shot at it based on his performance and his long service with the team. It's a damn shame to not allow him to at least try. If he gets his attempt and fails, at least that whole thing is over, if he manages to keep up with Verstappen, it'd be swell.
@ LAWSOM is fast & crashes like max did early & he will learn from maxs race data
The clip of Verstappen smiling and nodding being used everwhere he is mentioned for over a year now is gold. Never stop using that clip. It is perfect
If Lawson flounders, I can imagine Horner putting Hadjar in the senior team mid-season ahead of Tsunoda…
Sad but possible as long as Hadjar isn't that much slower than Yuki, just like Lawson.
Lawson is a safer bet than Antonelli.
yeah, but are Mercedes contenders?
@@hamilton_17RB isn’t either. It’s just Max right now.
Ah yes the man who is smarter than Mercedes F1 team😂
Probably but Antonelli seems to have a higher ceiling
Nobody can be sure of anything@@soundscape26
As I said a few times before Lawson will be fine, he faced that Horrid DTM Finale, beat out albon and got over it and performed well in Super Formula. He has plenty of time to prepare and pre-session testing this time to get familiar with the car. Might not be enough to beat Max over a season but he will learn and improve and i doubt he will lose his seat.
If he is smart he won’t try and beat max and just try and be the best number two he can be. At least for his first full season in F1
Well said!!! Totally agree
Don't forget his teammate in Super Formula is vastly more experienced than him and was defending champion then
Marko requires Lawson to be within three tenths of Verstappen to hold his place. We will see if this happens. Lawson may indeed outqualify and outrace Verstappen from time to time, you never know.
thank you! Lawson has won on debut in a number of different classes - he's got talent. He also likes a similar setup to Max - I feel a lot of critics will be suddenly quiet in a few months.
Tsunoda to Aston Martin 2027 to join Alonso, Stroll Jnr to finally step down
I more prefer Yuki to Aston Martin 2026 to as you said before, but not waiting until 2027.
Tsunoda and Verstappen to drive for Aston Martin - Honda in 2027? Assuming the car is strong in 2026 and the Red Bull - Ford is not.
@@TassieLorenzoMax will be gone after 2026
It angers me so much that they do everything to make sure hes stuck in the junior team but right after the season ends they immediatly talk about kicking him.
I don't get why people are surprise.
That's the plan right from the start.
Pssst you're wrong though.
@NicholasLatipi their plan was to boycot him by putting the least experienced driver in the redbull and not letting him find opportunities elsewhere in time? Damn if thats true redbull is super shitty company
@@NicholasLatipitheir plan was to boycot him by putting the least experienced driver in the redbull and not letting him find opportunities elsewhere in time? Damn if thats true redbull is super shitty company
I mean the only reason he was chosen over other (possibly better ) drivers was because of his nationality.
I don’t understand Red Bull’s driver decisions at all. From what I remember, wasn’t Daniel supposed to replace Checo mid-season only to then later himself get the axe by Lawson?
Part of me feels like aside from Max being the clear number 1, Red Bull flies by the seat of their pants regarding the other four seats. The fact they chose to keep Tsunoda, not promoting him to the parent team, and now saying he should be given the opportunity to leave right after one of the most wide-open driver markets we’ve ever seen just really shows this to me.
Without Max Red Bull, great car or not, are an upper mid-field team.
Yeah, I think they just hang on to Yuki to keep the junior team stable. To make it simpler to manage. Not that he is in the pipeline for a RB seat.
Ricciardo was supposed to decimate Tsunoda, thereby making it easy to swap with Checo, and Tsunoda and Checo would have battled it out to see who got replaced by Lawson. They are always going to favor someone who came through their academy over Checo or Tsunoda. They think Lawson has more potential and a better temperament, which is a factor, probably because of how Gasly behaved.
The only way to make sense about Liam getting the seat now would have been if they put Liam straight away into the second team after sacking De Vries mid 2023 and give Liam a good 1 1/2 seasons to learn at the junior team. But no, they chose a has-been Ricciardo who didn't deserve any seat after his miserable McLaren stint...
@ this is my thinking from the get go. F1 is ruthless, but at the same time it’s one of those things where there should be at least some logic behind the moves in both the short and long term.
Are we forgetting that he challenged for the Super Formula title in his rookie season in that championship?
Super Formula =/= Formula One
There’s only so much you can read into accomplishments in other motorsports formats as an indicator of potential in Formula One. For instance, plenty of promising and successful F2 drivers have floundered when they reach Formula One. The only real indicator of success in Formula One is… actual success in Formula One. And Lawson is stepping into arguably the most demanding seat in F1 without having completed a single full season
I dont undertstand why every f1 content creator is expecting lawson to fail.
yeah, it's called 'click bait' - negative news gets more clicks than positive news unfortunately. so sad we are as humans... personally, given a decent car, i think lawson will do ok. i'm not expecting top 3 but think he'll get top 10 results more frequently than perez did for the first 1/2 of his new RB season. he'll need at least 1/2 - 1 season before he gets anywhere near pole, but I like his confidence and mental drive.
It still blows my mind they didn't pick up Carlos. What a shame
Too much historical tension between verstappen and sainz seniors!
@@kevikiru What does that actually mean in practice though? Is Horner just too tired with Jos that dealing with another is too much?
@RachelSchloer probably this, plus Carlos won't back play Bottas - just look at how he fought Leclerc even as good friends.
Eh he was super toxic with Max at torro rosso.
Carlos refused behind closed doors
I'm telling you, this kid (Arvid Lindblad) is the one to watch in the coming years. I have watched his races, the way he overtakes is something else man.
Everyone secretly knows Lawson will be dropped this year. We have all seen this movie before
The other thing to note that if i am not mistaken, 40% of the grid next seasons is redbull?(junior or driven for rb) driver at some point
Exactly!!! RB Junior team is developing many great talents and ALL TEAMS BENEFIT of it.
Carlos, Seb, DR, Pierre, Alex all drove at several teams MCLAREN, FERRARI, ASTON MARTIN, WILLIAMS, RENAULT and ALPINE.
Almost all teams benefit and like to sign former RB JUNIORS.
And yes next season, inclusive Doohan, 40% of the grid former RB junior drivers
That would have been a better video...
They just love to beat this old drum about how Red Bull junior program is toxic…. Even thou in reality almost no driver from the other teams Junior programs ever ever get a call up.
@@uchralchonos7041other teams don't have a B team to bring drivers in. It's one thing to have a team fighting for success and another to publicly have one team fighting for success while stating this second team is for young drivers to develop only to then not develop any young drivers.
Also wild for you to say no other team is promoting youngsters going into a season where Merc have two academy drivers in the team, Ferrari has one in and negotiated for Haas to take another, Williams finished last season promoted a nobody who wasn't even their top prospect to drive for half a season after another academy driver failed and for the first time ever Renault/Alpine have actually promoted someone (like legit I think the last time an academy driver drove for the team was kubica or grosjean and I'm not sure if that counts given they left the academy drove for another F1 team then got signed to Renault). That leaves what two academies that haven't promoted anyone Aston whos had an academy for all of 5 minutes and hasn't really signed anyone and Sauber who just gutted their entire academy to start the Audi academy so don't actually have anyone signed.
Just shows how many drivers they go through 😅
Tsunoda isn't fast enough, Lawson was better in the races without nearly as much experience.
STOP SHOUTING!
Turn your volume down!
He's in "Crofty Mode!"
he needs to shout over the obnoxious music
LOUD NOISES
No matter the volume he's still shouting. Great content but an assault on the ears
0:00 what a banger of an opener!! xD
Thx Scott / Ive been jonesing for a R episode 🤘🏻🏁
Never underestimate a kiwi.
As a Kiwi I hope he goes well but being old enough to remember Moss and Fangio and the like it does seem that F1 has become a grubby nasty environment
“As redbull like to claim” even the race should know enough about f1 that there is no other driver as good as max.
they would all so have all sim data Lawson vs Tsunoda
Formula 1 (F1) drivers typically spend several hours in the simulator before a grand prix. The amount of time spent in the simulator can vary depending on the competition and how the driver is feeling. For example, Lando Norris has said that he spends an average of four to five hours in the simulator.
F1 drivers use the simulator to prepare for races by testing setups and finding the car's optimal configuration. Setup changes in the simulator are quick, taking minutes, compared to the 20 minutes it takes at the racetrack.
looking forward to seeing Piastri vs Doohan vs Lawson
It will be interesting to see how Liam Lawson handles the situation. I see the sense in developing the car for similar driving styles.
The Race go all weepy when McLaren cut Ricciardo for Pisatri? ffs, this is a full-cringe video.
Checo had lost his form. Yuki, with four full seasons, was barely beating Lawson, who has completed less than half a season. Yuki signed a multi year contract with Red Bull to drive for RB. The team invested a LOT of time and money getting him to this point in his career. They want to keep him in that seat through the remainder of his contract. I don't blame them.
100%
Barely beating is still beating, although 4-2 on finishes and 8-4 on points isn't "barely", it's comfortable.
In 2021 Mick only beat Mazepin on countback, but we all know he stuffed him into a cocked hat.
How many times has Lawson binned an F1 car this season?....Tsunoda twice.
Lawson only drove 6 races though
@@soundscape26 11 races if you count 2023. In general Yuki has a propensity to go for low % moves = hero or zero. Lawson has always played the %'s, growing up in NZ he never had money to fix a car, first rule "bring it back in one piece"... Actually one of the few times Lawson had a crash in the juniors was with Yuki! Yuki did a close pass dive bomb on Lawson (for fun), got wrong and took both of them out, similar to what he did with Riccardo.
Rough! There is more risk and pressure on Antonelli but not much discussion on that taking place. Lawson has done a season in super formula which is being ignored.
I love that The Race speaks with the absolute confidence and arrogance that they know better than Redbull what to do with their driver lineup 🤦♂️
With less than 10 gp Liam was there or thereabouts next Yuki in terms of race pace. Even the quali stats everybody is using where Liam was beaten 6-0 is misleading. In 3 of the qualis , Liam was less than a tenth off Yuki. Horner maybe a deluded prick, but the point he makes about Liam having a higher ceiling is valid. Liam also seems to be a bit more aggressive kind of like a George Russel character while Yuki seems like he’d fit more in a midfield team. Just my 2 cents.
Liam does have a history of adapting very, very fast
He won on his debut in every category he's ever driven in, F1 aside, including GT3 without having ever driven tintops and the notoriously tricky Super Formula
THIS comment. 4 years and he's fractionally better than a kid with 11 races. It was .06 last I saw Yuki had over Liam.
@@DeicideB5S4 I think this says more about Liam than it says about Yuki
Honestly the most impressive Lawson performance was Suzuka 2023, he matched Yuki on race pace on a track that rewards tyre conservation (and therefore experience)
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 I think his Zandvoort and Interlagos rain performance is super underrated. Not one major mistake whilst pretty much everyone was locking up and running wide left right and centre.
@@camillaquelladegliaggettiv4303 fully agreed with your comments.
Honestly, Lawson has the potential to be a Max replacement if he decides to move / retire soon, as the rumours have circulated. Tsunoda doesn’t have the same ceiling and is also closer to reaching it, so 3 years from now, I don’t see him being a WDC-winning driver.
Even if Lawsons season would be brilliant they will have a huge problem. In that case people will expect more from Lawson the following season, but at the same time Max would not want his teammate attacking his no 1 position, which will cause issues in the team. Red Bull doesn't need a second megastar driver. They already have one who is not good with dealing with having another one on his team. They need a reliable support driver who will regularly bring points but at the same time is ready to forfeit his titlechance for the team. - And judging from what we as viewers could see, Tsunoda is exactly that.
I feel like fans have taken the one thing Yuki is really good at, (qualifying) & applied it to everything in saying he’s been screwed.
While entertaining his temperament is well documented & race pace/tire management is something he isn’t great at compared to his 1-lap speed.
He puts a shitbox backmarker car in Q3, why are you surprised when better faster cars pass him over a 50 lap race?
Do you even pay attention to his races? His tire management is great, its how he made the one-stop no one else did in Hungary work to finish in points and we saw it in Monaco as well
Whenever the picture switches to the Caddilac concept. I feel like I was looking at an F2 car rather than a 2026 F1 concept, worse even than that APX GP movie car...
Hang in there Yuki, maybe you'll get put in the big car mid season if Lawson doesn't work out
Tsunoda would be a kamikaze move for Redbull
Dont see Lawson being up to their standards. Way to much pressure too quickly.
Yeah let me think of Albon, was great in the junior team but was put in the senior team too quickly
I disagree Have you seen his performance under pressure in DTM or SuperFormula where he went against veterans in those sports and held his own. If you are referring to him fighting Alonso hard in Cota or showing his index finger to Perez for damaging his car then your simply too soft, 2010s and 2000s was a different level compared to now.
Lawson handles pressure very well. He's resilient
@@alexjarrett5968 f1 is different bud, zero comparison look at grosjean
he's been waiting and begging for it for a couole of years had expected to get a drive a while back so I'm sure he got some prep and also some practice last races
Who will crash less? Lawson, Calipinto, Antonelli, or Yuki?
Lawson has been calm, safe, and showed massive defensive skill
That's only useful if Lawson can qualify within a row or two of Verstappen. 3-4 tenths slower can easily be worth 10 positions in Q1 or Q2.
If we consider pure performance, especially in terms of race wins and consistency, Ricciardo likely edges out Pérez during their respective times at Red Bull. His ability to consistently challenge for victories and his adaptability in different race conditions set him apart during his peak years. They should have tried him in a few races, maybe he could have helped them win the manufacturer's championship.
People want to hate on Red Bull so much that this offseason people are acting like Yuki is the second coming of Senna or Schumacher lol
That was a real rough video on Lawson TBH.
He’s every bit as good (better) for now than hadjar or lindblad!
Tsunoda is a Honda Hire and gets way too heated when it comes to team orders and what not.
I have said on many times, this is not about Tsunoda, its about the TEAMS. Red Bull is looking at the post Max era and they have to start planning NOW if they want to be successful.
We all believe that Yuki will be AM Honda bound in 2026, so why promote him as he will only be a short term "fix" where as Liam will be a long term fix and may end up being the team leader and long term driver for Red Bull.
Leaving Yuki at VCARB makes sense as VCARB have in Yuki a driver that they say is fast and has greatly improved his feedback, so they can use Yuki to benchmark Hadjar. Putting in two rookies Lawson and Hadjar at VCARB makes no sense, as you have no reference point and that is what Yuki is.
That's why he didn't get the promotion. Every team needs a team leader. Look at HASS with Schumacker and Mazipan. That didn't work out to well for HASS and VCARB must be wary of repeating that mistake.
As I have said this is about the TEAMS and not drivers. Red Bull and VCARB must do what is right for them, now and in the future and it takes time to see if a driver will develop into a strong number 1 or not.
Max may not be at Red Bull forever, so this is the planning stage for the post Max time.
Post Max they might be able to attract someone like Leclerc, Norris, Piastri or Russell.
Surley Gabriel Bortoleto is the better future prospect than Lawson, yet RBR let Bortoleto go to Sauber?
@@TassieLorenzo Bortoleto was a sauber junior / academy driver. Sauber were never letting him go
That's so true, they should be able to, but nobody knows when that will be and those guys you mentioned may not be available. At least this way they are covering their rear. But you are right those guys would be a better option
@@TassieLorenzobut if bortoleto is under a McLaren contract, why would they let him drive for redbull? You don’t let another top team have use of your ace cos he will be pinched.
tsunoda only has one question? Implying he's close to verstappen when calm. lol
I can't imagine seeing Tsunoda out of race seat while Stroll is still in it. It just doesn't feel right at all!
I do find it interesting how 1-2 years ago, we were talking about how Lawson is getting screwed over by RedBull by not getting his seat at AlphaTauri/RB. Now that Yuki has been fixing his attitude, its been a lot harder for the fans to see who has the better potential.
Something I've noticed as well is that Yuki just straight up has a bigger fan base than Liam obviously. But Liam was (and still is) a very loved Junior for RedBull. But since he's replaced Danny Ricc, he's been getting loads of hate because he's simply replaced Danny Ricc.
I think Liam is well deserving of this RedBull shot, because if he got his AlphaTauri promotion when it should of happened a year or two ago. Then he would probably be driving for RedBull by 2025 anyway. So RedBull might also be using these points as an I Owe You kinda thing, towards Liam.
All this complaining about Yuki not being in the car is ridiculous since he isn’t that good. Yuki is a 7.5 driver and that’s his cap. Liam is probably a 7..25 with a ton of potential.
Can see yuki going Aston as they have the Honda deal! Think he’s a decent drive but if he ever had the chance to challenge max I don’t think he’s back down, that’s one of the reasons I don’t think they picked him
Let’s be honest - there’s almost no shot they stick with Lawson if he craps the bed early and often in the season. They have the ability to swap drivers mid-season as they’ve done before. Let’s we how this shakes out.
Red Bull has all the data, the decision would have been well considered from all angles and they have concluded that Lawson is the better choice… Lawson will go well.
I wasn’t that impressed by him against Tsunoda. I’m pretty sure they wanted Riccardo to constantly beat Tsunoda and finish in the top ten. Lawson hasn’t achieved that. Time will tell.
Lawson didn’t even match Ricciardo’s performances against Yuki in his last 10 races.
DR outperformed Yuki after the new chassis came in and Yuki outperformed Lawson completely.
Lawson is an overrated expendable asset and little more.
I think it is highly likely that at the end of the season Lawson is not driving the Red Bull anymore. Lawson still has to go through his crash phase and I think he is going to do that with Red Bull... it would have been better to led Tsunoda explode this year and put Lawson in next season. And if Tsunoda does not explode than Lawson is out of luck but he is also still young so there is still time
Lawson's drive style is similar to the max… I can't wait to see this! 😂
LIAM THE RIGHT MAN:
Red B is seeing the bigger picture and bringing Liam is a right thing to do...,
Red Bull are taking less risk leaving the consistent one at AT. THE RACE should be renamed THE WORST.
Any other sport. You have a rookie who is 99% as good as your current starter. Then you make the rookie your starter as they have a higher ceiling. Simple.
Red Bull already have their franchise player and don't seem to want two simultaneously or they'd have picked up Sainz. The rest are just jostling for #2 driver status who can do good enough to support Max.
Also: in other sports, your rookie not being ready doesn't cost the team many millions of dollars in equipment damage and generally drain the team/factory of resources/parts to win.
People really consider Sainz to be a threat to Max? He couldnt even beat LeClerc, the only one close to Max in 22-23
@@4everNFS Sainz might've been a threat in the way Nico was to Hamilton--a long shot, but possible when having a car that should be all rights be 1-2 every weekend like RB was most of 2022-23.
More pointing out that Sainz is easily better than anyone in the RB line. RB also could've maybe snagged Alonso but didn't want to.
As long as Max is performing at the level he is, I don't think RB is in a hurry to find a 2014 Danny Ric so much as a Bottas-type who is decent but not a threat. Especially with how much of a drama boat Jos is.
RedBull better commit fully and give Lawson 2 years (assuming he doesn't Perez and drop out in Q3). But I won't be surprised if RedBull drop Lawson if Antonelli outperforms Lawson (while Max outperforms Russell)
RB should stop being so harsh with its drivers. Honor contacts and not discard them mid-season.
People and analysts equally and conveniently forget Redbull is a multi championship winning team that's responsible for over 40% of the current drivers in the grid. That tells you, they know a thing or two about what they are doing and being successful in the process.
Also it behoves us to be humble to recognize we only judge based on race results but they spend way more time with the drivers and have access to all the data and experience of temperament as such know way more than we do to inform their decisions.
After 5 years Tsunoda was only slightly faster. They know that. Why do they spout the same old anti Lawson BS every time?
Tsunoda in the top team for 1 year as a buffer for Liam would have just made sense.
I fall asleep every time someone says Yuki Tsu...💤💤💤💤
Think it came off the testing they both had in the RB, Horner must’ve just liked Liam more and seen abit more in the main car
If Honda would've stuck with Red Bull, Yuki would've been Max's teammate already.
Honda did RBR dirty, RBR does Yuki dirty.
Honestly feel bad for Lawson, the RB second seat curse is going to screw him in the end, I love how Horner says the expectations are set lower as to not put added pressure on Lawson and then in their press release they state “they have high expectations” lol good way to screw a up and coming kid out of F1! Also feel back for Yuki and he’s been completely shadow banned from the RB main team
I would have liked to have seen Lawson get some more seat time in the RB before being promoted but they chose NDV and Ricciardo over him rather than trusting him sooner and allowing him that time to grow in F1. For me he is still finding his feet in F1 and he *will* improve, but it's also true his race pace at certain tracks was stronger than Tsunoda's despite this channel's doubts. Go look at the lap times at CoTA and Abu Dhabi, it wasn't even close in the last race and stint.
For me I believe the evidence Horner, Marko etc have seen in such a short amount of time from Lawson puts him in leaning towards expectation rather than blind hope. I feel like the love for Tsunoda might be clouding some judgement here.
Liam is going to suprise everyone next year im calling it.
No, Honda inflicted this fate on Tsunoda. If the never announced leaving RedBull would have committed to them instead of creating RB Powertrains or aligning themselves with a different OEM. Or if they actually committed to leaving instead of doing a 180 and signing with Aston Martin, they made him an outsider within RedBull. This is Honda's fault.
Mentally Lawson is super mature. In his inverviews he just ain´t 22 years old man.
His mindset is, what will set him apart from the other drivers that failed at Red Bull.
Exactly!!!!
Oh yeah, his radios and signals already tell a story of his matureness.
I love Yuki but he’s a Honda driver, moving him to RBR would be a 1 year deal
Another HUGE Prob with dear YUKI - He's still very very awkward doing PR. As recently as COTA he gave a terrible interview - ever saying himself that he'd 'messed' up. Red Bull is a promo company - and with Honda it's No Surprise Liam got the drive.
Are you forgetting what Yuliana did to Dani Ric THIS season. Emotional gains, I think not.
Yuki should only have been promoted because he is more expendable. Liam needs a year to get up to speed and it is likely that Max will break him before he does. If Yuki had a serious option for 2025, they would have let him go without causing trouble and signed Franco. So they didn't screw Yuki, they threw him a bone.
Tsunoda isn’t faster than Lawson.
When you gamble, you either win or lose. Without Newey, they are specting a miracle. Miracles don't happen in F1...
yuki was never even in the cards for a redbull seat.
he was a checkbox to fill to satisfy honda, nothing more.
im more surprised that they didn't go with sainz.
they must have lots of confidence in max.
not unwarranted.
Tsunoda is the stepchild left behind from the Honda marrige. I don't think his carrer is going anywhere.
It’s the only reason he has a career to begin with.
On the other hand he will only be given a 5th season at Vcarb because of that Honda link
5 years in F1 is a pretty impressive career.
@@ronald3836 I was commenting more on the red bull politics of it, then anything quantitative.
Horner getting ready to bin Tsunoda as soon as Honda are gone. Sadly for Tsunoda he won't get a seat at Aston Martin because one seat is never going to be available until Stroll Snr sells.
Tsunoda has a ride, let him work to bring Visa RB into a strong team!
I can’t wait to see you guys eat your words this season!
What Red Bull did to Tsunoda reminds of what Yamaha did to Cameron Beaubier. Like Cameron Beaubier that got passed over for a Yamaha promotion in favor Vinales the same thing is happening to Tsunoda.
You left out the biggest reason of all: max will leave at the end of the season, and they’re going to need two seats, maxes, and Lawsons
Scott, please can you shout into the microphone a bit louder?
Let Lawson cook. He seems to be the kind of guy to be able to cope with pressure.
Love your points. It makes 0 sense to not at least try Yuki for a few races. You laid it out beautifully
I think the intense scrutiny over Tsunoda's temperament has been very unfair and unjustified. Verstappen is a lot more aggressive on track and team radio, but he doesn't get the same treatment.
Horners so blind to this because he loves Verstappen more than his own family
Maybe cause Max world champion
The difference is Verstappen is World Champion and actually one of the Best Drivers in F1
@@alexjarrett5968 least obvious meat-riding. If temperament was an actual hindrance then Verstappen and other goats should never have gotten their seats in the first place, since they had similar behaviours from early in their careers before their F1 wins.
Yes, and Liam isn't exactly calm either
Im a kiwi. Lawson is great but Tsunoda should be in the seat.
Great Programs are clear and consistent meritocracies. This has been proven ad nauseum by professional sports franchises globally.
Remember that Adrian Newey built the chassis of Redbull and without Newey they will fail😂😂. Just look at how Redbull handled the Situation with the floor. Max likes Newey and Max might come to Aston Martin with Newey in 2026
Get rid of stroll and give Tsunoda a shot with HondaAMR! ...but we all know that ain't happening 😅
Weird no one ever mentions Lawsons successes. Beat Albon in sister cars in DTM while fighting for the title. Then goes to Super Formula and beats his multi-time defending champion teammate in a foriegn country at tracks he'd never been to. Also being the first rookie to win on debut. Hes proven he can step up to challenges. Yuki is good but no one thinks hes great. Lawson has potential to be a top teir driver.
People objectively deny the fact VER-LAW & TSU-HAD are way more balanced teams than VER-TSU & LAW-HAD would be, not to mention Yuki is part of the RB platform because of Honda, who can decide on Racing Bulls lineup but not on Oracle Red Bull Racing one as part of their deal.
Man! If you cannot enjoy the sport as part of your well gained leisure time and now *EVERYTHING* has to obbey to your political demands on top of performance and without adding drama to every single event, don't watch F1!
Yuki should have told RB to shove their contract extension. Would have been better going to Audi.
Please understand, Tsunoda lost it because of temperament, Hadjar is worse.i do hope Arvid find a drive in a car brand
It was a mistake from Red Bull to keep Ricciardo at Toro Rosso for 2024. I would have given this seat to Lawson from the beginning of 2024. I would also have preferred Lawson over Tsunoda from the start of 2024 as I'm sure that Red Bull knew even back then they wouldn't pull Tsunoda up to the main team.
There’s no valid argument about Lawson not having enough experience.
Other teams have put rookies into top seats instantly. McLaren with Hamilton, Norris, Piastri. Mercedes with Antonelli.
This whole thing about drivers needing to go through junior teams false. Just because that’s the safest path for a drivers mental state doesn’t mean it’s a better path.
Yuki really got the worse of RedBull leadership, he deserves better.
Will be really interesting to se how Liam is managing pressure being Verstappen teammate