Despite his disappointing season, Horner insists it was Perez who came to the conclusion that he would take some time out after a Formula One career which began in 2011 and spanned 14 seasons

Lawson was picked ahead of RB teammate Yuki Tsunoda for the promotion to Red Bull, while F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar takes Lawson’s spot as Tsunoda’s teammate for 2025. The 2025 F1 season starts on 16 March in Australia.

Red Bull faced a difficult decision that would impact at least three different drivers. Did it make the right one?

VCARB driver Yuki Tsunoda's prospects within the Red Bull family suffered another blow as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner revealed that Tsunoda's new teammate, Isack Hadjar, outpaced him during Red Bull's post-season test in the RB20 F1 car.

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Pérez’s downturn in performance had big implications for Red Bull, which couldn’t defend the constructors’ championship.

Following Liam Lawson's promotion up to the main Red Bull team in place of Sergio Perez for the 2025 season, Isack Hadjar has been given a full-time seat in F1 with VCARB. Hadjar narrowly missed out on the F2 title in 2024, being beaten by incoming Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto.

That is the claim of his father Antonio Pérez Garibay, who says that like when Perez was axed from Racing Point, only for Red Bull to offer an F1 career reprieve, the Mexican rac