Liam Lawson’s F1 return hopes dashed as RB “very happy” with Yuki Tsunoda, Daniel Ricciardo
Liam La✱wson's chances of making the F1 grid in 2024 have taken a hit.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson’s hopes of making a return to the F1☂ grid in 2025 have taken a hit after RB CEO Peter Bayer suggested they are “very happy” with their current driver line-up.
Both RB drivers are out of con꧟tract at the end of the year, and given Lawson’s impressive F1 cameo last year, he was being lined up for a full-time drive i🍎n 2025.
But it seems Red Bull’s original plan of putting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at Red Bull and then 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda alongs🐬ide Lawson🍎 at the junior team isn’t on the cards.
Ricciardo’s form alongside Tsunoda has been poor and doesn’t warrant a promotion, meaning Red Bull are favouring 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez, with reports suggesting his new deal could be announced in the next few wee🎀ks.
Tsunoda’s form in 2024 has been mighty - and is more than worthy of an extension - while Ricciardo’s experience and marketability makes him a big as⭕set.
Bayer isn’t iꦿnterested in discussing the team’s dꦛriver line-up for next year, making it very clear he’s satisfied with the current pairing.
“We’re very happy with both of our drivers,” Bayer said. “And🀅 honestly, we’re not wasting time with discussing ifs and whens.
“We have a very strong line-up. We have a great reserve driver. We hav𓆉e great talent coming through F2, F3. Currently, it’s all about focusing on performance – the focus is more on Aston Martin in front of us than on driver discussions.”
Bayer hinted that their driver line-up won’t ෴be a discussion point until the summer break.
“Liam is an extremely va🅠luable member to the team,💖” Bayer added. “He’s with us every weekend, obviously. He’s doing a lot of work in the simulator.
“But as I said before, currently we have two drivers in the cars. We are f🐼inding performance with the two. And we really do not discuss the 2025 situation, perhaps because we’re in a luxury situation of having that strong grassroot pyramid behind us.
“So🐈 the focus is really on track and on the next couple of races until definitely the summer break.”
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