Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has indicated Liam Lawson has an opportunity to make his case to replace Sergio Pérez alongside Max Verstappen at the outfit
New Zealander will compete for RB in final six roundsThe Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has indicated Liam Lawson has an opportunity to make his case to replace Sergio Pérez and line up alongside Max Verstappen for the team, potentially as early as next season.
However, while Pérez remains well off the pace, Red Bull did not believe Ricciardo had done enough to warrant replacing him, so Horner opted to look to new young talent to potentially step up. “All the drivers are under pressure to deliver but the reason why Daniel was in that car was to get himself back into a position to ultimately be there to pick up the pieces if Checo didn’t deliver,” he said. “We need answers for the bigger picture in terms of drivers. It’s the perfect opportunity to line Liam up alongside Yuki, to see how he performs over the remaining six grands prix.
Red Bull’s director of motorsport, Helmut Marko, had made his feelings clear after another poor run for Pérez in Spa. “Sergio had the opportunity to take a good result from second place,” he said. “Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Especially in the last stint, he completely collapsed.”
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