Might 7 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko says Crimson Bull has no regrets about dropping Liam Lawson simply two races into the 2025 season.
Lawson’s alternative, the extra skilled Yuki Tsunoda, has now been within the sister automobile alongside Max Verstappen for 4 races – and group advisor Marko insists he has carried out sufficient to safe the seat for the remainder of the season.
“Sure,” Marko, 82, informed Bild newspaper when requested if he’s positive it was the suitable choice.
When talked about that Tsunoda’s factors haul to this point might be counted on one hand, the Austrian continued: “Sure, however he’s a lot nearer to Max than Liam was.
“In solely his second race within the Crimson Bull, he completed within the factors. That was a prime efficiency and proof that we did the suitable factor. When was the final time we had two vehicles within the factors? I don’t bear in mind,” Marko added.
New Zealander Lawson, 23, was demoted to the model’s junior outfit Racing Bulls, however he has failed to attain a single level in both automobile to this point in 2025.
Nonetheless, some would possibly argue that solely giving him two races on the senior group was a very brutal transfer by Crimson Bull.
“Liam couldn’t deal with the stress at Crimson Bull,” Marko argues. “That’s why it was the suitable choice to fill the cockpit with another person.
“We all know what we’re doing,” he added. “And we didn’t abandon Liam – he’s nonetheless racing in System 1 and has one among simply 20 cockpits in the entire world.
“He’s been nicely acquired there and is performing higher once more.”
