Helmut Marko confesses to Liam Lawson ‘mistake’, like a beaten 'boxer'
Helmut Marko has conc♑eded Red Bull made a "mistake" in promoting Liam L꧙awson.
Red Bull’s Helmut Marko has admitted it was a “mistake” to promote168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Liam Lawson to the senior F1 team.
Lawson was chosen to replace Sergio Perez at the end of last season as he got the nod over his more experienced Racing Bulls teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Yuki Tsunoda for the 2025 Red Bull seat.
Following a terrible start to his Red Bull career, Lawson has been demoted back to Racing Bulls after just two races, with Tsunoda promoted to partner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen from next weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Marko l🐈ikened Lawson to a “stricken boxer” as he struggled to cope with the increased pressure of the Red Bull environment.
“Yuki was too inconsistent, and thꩵat is why we unanimously chose Lawson, but under the increased pressure, he couldn’t deliver from day one,” the 81-yeaཧr-old Austrian told .
“He entered a downward spiral, it is like a stricken boxer and on top of that, it is hard 🍨to get out 💫of it. In that sense, it was a mistake.
“In Austra🍷lia, Liam had a turbo problem in the third free practice.
“The mileage he lost there, he came up short, and what he has del🌟ivered so far is obviously not enough, we need 🧸a strong second driver, if only for [in-race] tactics.”
Red Bull claim ‘duty of care’ to Liam Lawson
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Red Bull sided with Lawson due to their belief in his mental strength and resilience to cope🐭 with the demands of being Verstappen’s teammat♎e.
But having failed to score points in the opening two grands prix, and being dumped out of the first part of all three qualifying sessions he had contested, Red Bul⛦l decided to make a sudden, and bru♐tal, driver swap.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner cited a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“duty of care” being a factor in the decision.
"It has been difficult to see Liam struggle with the RB21 at the first two races a🐭nd as a result we have collectively taken the decision to make an early switch," said Horner.
"We came into the 2025 season with two ambitions: to retain the World Drivers' Championship and to reclaim the World Constructors' title, and this is a purely s๊porting decision.”
After spending over four seasons at Red Bull’s sister team, Tsunoda will finally ge♑t his dreဣam opportunity with the senior squad.
Tsunoda will make his Red B♓ull race debut on home turf at Suzuka on 6 April.
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