Isack Hadjar will replace Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls after the latter took over Sergio Perez’s seat at the senior Red Bull Racing team, Afrosport reports. The 20-year-old is the latest driver in the Red Bull Junior Programme to get a chance in Formula 1, following the footsteps of drivers like reigning world champion Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, and Daniel Ricciardo among others. Hadjar finished second...
Red Bull have chosen Liam Lawson to become Max Verstappen’s teammate for the 2025 season after Sergio Perez was axed on Wednesday, Afrosport reports. Lawson has been promoted from Red Bull sister Racing Bulls after a disappointing 2024 season that saw Perez finish eighth in the drivers' championship while Red Bull finished third in the constructors' championship behind McLaren and Ferrari. The 22-year-old New Zealander has...
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has confirmed that Racing Bulls duo Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda would be the replacement for Sergio Perez should the Mexican be axed from the team, Afrosport reports. After claiming four podiums in the first five Grands Prix of 2024, Perez endured a difficult remainder of the season, scoring just 49 points between the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix and the season...
Racing Bulls (RB) team principal Laurent Mekies has admitted the exit of Daniel Ricciardo from the team and Formula 1 was not handled in a "good enough manner", Afrosport reports. The Singapore Grand Prix was the Australian's last race with Liam Lawson taking over. Speculation over his departure was not an open secret but there was no official confirmation from either RB or the sister Red...
Formula 1 governing body, the FIA, have announced that drivers will not get a bonus point for the fastest lap of a race from the 2025 season onwards, Afrosport reports. The rule has been in existence since 2019 where the driver with the fastest lap on race day Grand gets an additional point if he finishes in the top 10. The rule however caused controversy at...
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