Two races into the 2025 Formula 1 season Red Bull shocked the paddock, demoting Liam Lawson after picking him to replace Sergio Pérez. Lawson heads back to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls and Yuki Tsunoda,

SUZUKA, Japan — Yuki Tsunoda finally has his promotion at Red Bull. That was difficult enough, elevated to the top team last week as Liam Lawson was demoted to Red Bull’s No. 2 Formula 1 team — Racing Bulls — after failing to score points in the season’s first two races.

Barely three months ago, Yuki Tsunoda’s window to drive for Red Bull Racing in Formula One appeared to have closed. Despite putting forward a strong case through the 2024 season for its sister team, RB, Red Bull passed over Tsunoda when replacing Sergio Pérez. Instead, it promoted Tsunoda’s teammate Liam Lawson into the seat.

Liam Lawson says he did not see his demotion by Red Bull coming, after he was dropped by the F1 team after just two races.

Having lost his seat at Red Bull after just two grands prix, Liam Lawson wants to show he belongs in F1 with Racing Bulls and is not thinking about a future return to the top team in the stable

Yuki Tsunoda makes his Red Bull debut at his home grand prix in Japan this weekend after Liam Lawson was demoted, so what is it like to come in as a replacement driver?

Max Verstappen says it "was not a mistake" that he liked a comment on social media criticising Red Bull's decision to demote Liam Lawson.

Yuki Tsunoda is confident the issues faced by previous Red Bull drivers when competing against Max Verstappen in the same car will not impact him to the same extent.

Max Verstappen said that it “was not a mistake” that he liked an Instagram post criticizing Red Bull’s decision to swap Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda just two races into the new Formula One season.