Lawson replaces Perez: Red Bull relies on New Zealanders for 2025!

Lawson replaces Perez: Red Bull relies on New Zealanders for 2025!

In the motorsport cosmos of Red Bull, exciting changes are related. The young New Zealander Liam Lawson will climb into the cockpit as the new teammate from Max Verstappen in the Red Bull Racing Team as the new teammate of Max Verstappen. This was confirmed by Helmut Marko, Red Bull's motorsport consultant, shortly before Christmas. Lawson was able to celebrate initial success in his short career when he collected two points in just five F1 races, and is now being promoted to the team as the successor to Sergio Pérez. Pérez, who had only signed for two more seasons in June 2024, has to pause what the racing team will cost an estimated 15 million euros, such as Today.at reported.

Lawson's ambitious challenge

Helmut Marko praised Lawson as one of the most talented drivers in the Red Bull junior team, despite his limited experience in Formula 1. Marko draws a clear picture of expectations: Lawson should be able to only be three tenths of a second in qualifying and in the race in order to gain crucial points for the constructor world championship. He emphasized that Lawson had to find his way in his role as number two in the team and warned of the urge to beat the superior teammate, as this has brought other drivers into difficulties in the past. Marko would like a successful 2025 season in which Red Bull wants to win the fifth title in a row, which was recently possible with Sebastian Vettel due to an engine change, reports .