After just two races, Red Bull management is replacing Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda, who is being promoted from the Racing Bulls training team. The official confirmation is expected later this week. Next week, the Japanese Grand Prix is on the schedule.
Within the Red Bull family, Lawson is the latest driver in a long line who has had to make way mid-season. In this respect, Red Bull has a dubious reputation when it comes to driver swaps and how the team treats its drivers.
Below is an overview of all mid-season swaps at Red Bull Racing and its satellite team (Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri/Visa RB/Racing Bulls). From Liuzzi to Lawson…
2005
Red Bull: Alternating between Vitantonio Liuzzi and Christian Klien
2006
Red Bull: Christian Klien out, Robert Doornbos in
2007
Toro Rosso: Scott Speed out, Sebastian Vettel in
2009
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Bourdais out, Jaime Alguersuari in
2016
Red Bull: Daniil Kvyat out, Max Verstappen in
2017
Toro Rosso: Daniil Kvyat out (2x), Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley in
2019
Red Bull: Pierre Gasly out, Alex Albon in
2023
AlphaTauri: Nyck de Vries out, Daniel Ricciardo in
2024
Visa RB: Daniel Ricciardo out, Liam Lawson in
2025
Red Bull: Liam Lawson out, Yuki Tsunoda in
