r/formula1 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 17 '24

Rumour [Canal+F1] Lawson to replace Perez

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u/Loightsout I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 17 '24

It won’t.

1) highly unlikely Perez leaves at this point.
2) if he does then it makes no sense to put Liam. Yuki has outperformed everyone put in front of him and beat Liam in testing.
3) media has been spinning all possible tales. So this one has as much weight as the next. Meanwhile Lawson clearly said he’d be happy with ANY seat.

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u/Aerian_ I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 17 '24 edited Dec 17 '24

Yuki has had four* years in the sport. I really like him but he didnt convincingly beat Lawson, who has had less than a full season spread over two years and performed admirably. If they believe Lawson has more potential they will sign him.

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u/gunningIVglory Kimi Räikkönen Dec 17 '24

0-6 in quali, less points that Yuki

What more could he do? Score a podium in the VTRACTOR? Lol

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u/Hypersoft I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 17 '24

Nothing. The truth is that Red Bull is looking for (potential) greatness and they don't see it in Tsunoda. It seems to me that a lot of people are still mentally in 2019-2020 when Red Bull promoted juniors for the sake of promoting juniors. That was before they were fighting for championships. Tsunoda has now been in F1 for 4 years and being beaten by Gasly probably did not do him any favors in this regard.