Norris has admitted to not being comfortable with the new McLaren car since the start of the season, despite leading the championship by three points from Piastri coming into the fifth race of the season. He said he had been concentrating on gaining confidence in the car on the high-speed Jeddah street track. Norris said:...
Given the demotion to Racing Bulls for Liam Lawson, what are Jack Doohan’s chances looking like at Alpine given that Franco Colapinto is a reserve driver? – Anjum Well, the first thing to say is just because Red Bull demoted Lawson, that does not necessarily mean Alpine will do the same to Doohan. On the...
Tsunoda had a few edgy moments as he familiarised himself with his new car. He ran on to the kerb at Degner One, twice had an oversteer moment at the hairpin, and then a big wobble out of the final chicane. But he kept the car on track and displayed a mature approach in the...
Lawson’s demotion means he will be racing for Red Bull’s junior team Racing Bulls this weekend. The 23-year-old New Zealander is certainly not the first to have experienced this at Red Bull, with the team having developed a reputation for being great for giving young talent a chance, but ruthless with a driver if they...
“He has proven himself to have good potential to be a world champion – even though Red Bull seems to be struggling a little now. “Performance-wise he (Horner) wants me to be as close to Max as possible. “In some races I can help with the strategy but he also promised me in some situations...
If Max Verstappen leaves Red Bull are they in even greater trouble than just losing their star driver? It seems like they’d be losing the only person who can drive their car, a situation that’s seemingly self-inflicted. Are they likely to be making their 2026 car more driveable to mitigate this risk? – Tom One...
Red Bull are third in the constructors’ championship after two races, behind McLaren and Mercedes, and Verstappen has expressed his belief that their car may be only the fourth fastest in the field. The Dutchman was a close second behind race-winner Lando Norris’ McLaren in the wet season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and fourth at the...
His average qualifying deficit to team-mate Max Verstappen has been 0.88 seconds. Verstappen finished second in Australia, third in the sprint in Shanghai and fourth in the Chinese Grand Prix. Lawson will return to Red Bull’s second team, Racing Bulls, alongside French rookie Isack Hadjar. Japanese driver Tsunoda was asked at the Chinese Grand Prix...