Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson will need to “come out of the blocks quickly” when he goes up against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

After just 11 races in F1, Red Bull decided to promote Lawson over 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bulls.

Lawson will𒊎 have the daunting task of going up against Verstappen in 2025.

Verstappen has annihilated all 🐭🥀of his recent teammates.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly was r𒆙eplꦇaced midway through 2019 due to his poor level of performance relative to Verstappen.

His replacement was 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon, who was sacked at the end of 2020.

While 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez lasted four years, he was very fortunate to do so, given the level of machinery given to himಌ.

“I don’t think Liam Lawson has 🥂proven himself 100 per cent worthy of the Red Bull seat because, in my old ways, it’s always about how you do against your teammates and in his time at RB, he didn’t blow away Yuki Tsunoda,” Herbert said.

“Tsunoda was always migh🔯ty quick when he came down to qualify. He had his days. There was a nice synergy between the two, I suppose. You had a good backup, whichever way around it wasn’t one particular weekend. They had a very good backup of one of those two drivers.

“Lawson ha𒅌s to come out of the blocks quickly because as soon as Verstappen feels he’s in control of the🅺 on-track activities, the speed that he has, but also then going down to the teeth, he’s going to start to struggle and the mental battles will start to come into play.

“Has he got the ingredients to race up against Verstappen? I thin🐻k he has. But now we’ve just got to see it, I suppose. You’ve got to prove it. It’s always that. You’re always under pressure to prove.”

Red Bull’s 2025 F1 title hopes

Red Bull will be hopeful that Lawson’s arrival coincides with ๊a return to the very front of the grid.

While Verstappen won last ဣyear’s drivers’ title, McLaren and Ferrari stole a march in the development race.

This left⛦ Red Bull with the third-fastest car for much of the second 🤡half of the year.

By the end of the season, Red Bull had dropped to third in the ♔constructors’ championship, their lowest finish since 2019.

Red Bull have focused on making their F1 challenger easier to drive afteꦚr Verstappen’s sheer driving talent masked a number of issues with it, particularly in 2023.

For Red Bull, it could be their best hope of winning eithe🦄r title for some time.

In 2026, they will run their own engines for the first time, having set 𝓡up Red Bull Powertrains.