Tsunoda was promoted to Red Bull’s senior team a week ago in place of Liam Lawson. The two drivers were teammates at RB’s junior F1 team Racing Bulls for the final six races of the 2024 season. After Red Bull Racing moved on from Sergio Perez at the end of the season, Lawson got the call to jump up instead of Tsunoda.

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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, originally passed over for the spot at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, gets his shot to drive for the senior team.

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.

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 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.

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.