Red Bull CALLED OUT on self-inflicted drama

VCARB's team leader says it would be 'a lie' to deny his drivers would be slow in a Red Bull Racing machine.
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Red Bull Racing is facing unprecedented challenges as internal drama and questionable decisions threaten to derail their dominance in Formula 1. From potential financial losses exceeding $50 million to Sergio Perez's struggles with the car, the cracks in their strategy are becoming impossible to ignore. With criticism mounting from within and outside the team, including from their second team's boss, Red Bull finds itself at a crossroads. Will their reliance on Max Verstappen to carry the team be enough to keep them competitive, or is a seismic shift in their driver lineup inevitable? The stakes couldn't be higher as speculation around Perez's replacement heats up, with names like Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson entering the conversation amid complex sponsorship and performance dynamics.
As rivals like McLaren and Ferrari surge forward with strong development programs, Red Bull grapples with outdated facilities and a car that is increasingly difficult to optimize. Could 2025 mark a new era of struggle for the once-dominant team? And what does the future hold for Verstappen, with whispers of a sabbatical and family priorities on the horizon? This video unpacks the controversy, the financial implications, and the high-stakes decisions Red Bull must make to regain their edge. Don’t miss this breakdown of the twists and turns threatening one of F1’s most iconic teams!
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[@markvanderknoop131]

Yuki is sponsored by Honda. I don't think that's gone work out. Sinds Honda is leaving RedBull.

[@Ronny999x]

Just put Pato O'ward in the Red Bull. Then you can keep all the Mexican Sponsorship money 🤑

[@user-do1hk7mg5y]

Starting to think Red Bull intentionally create drama to get publicity

[@LawVS]

I am starting to think that...but it doesn't sit right with me.

[@Lmk2008]

@@LawVSI will sit right with you

[@markvanderknoop131]

Absolutely just like Russel does by driving in on an other driver.

[@tomsoyer5639]

Yeah no.

[@langbuddha2798]

Nah Redbull just does the same things that every team used to do back in the glory days of F1 but now that F1 is so sissy people cry about everything they do. People forget that F1 is a cutthroat sport

[@Dudemanguy_]

How does the only team with two teams have the worst driver situation.

[@mischavanasperen3063]

Well, their chance to have him is also twice as large..

[@NapsterRulez]

Doesn't ferarri have Haas and mercedes williams?

[@chris9650]

​@@NapsterRuleznot in the same way. They work together. Red bull actually own two teams.

[@PauluzP]

Only differences is that red owns both teams. Haas and williams are sister teams basically same thing juat owned by aomeone else

[@formulaendurance]

@@PauluzPreally isn’t the same thing - they only share engines, gearboxes and suspensions sometimes RB is literally part of the Red Bull company

[@kyleharrison713]

I used to be on Team Yuki getting the seat but after all this disrespect I hope he gets a better seat somewhere else. He's earned it but they keep crapping on him and I don't get it.

[@cameronwhelan8543]

Gasly was better the Yuki... And Gasly wasn't good enough for the top seat. Yuki was better than two drivers that are no longer in F1 as they weren't good enough. He's marginally better at the moment than effectively a rookie. Yuki will be gone with Honda in 26 so no was never any point

[@twinkharrylwt226]

@@cameronwhelan8543gassly wasn’t ready after only 1 season.. so I don’t think that comparison really applies because yuki has multiple years on his resume

[@divinitygaming8673]

I'm sorry but what has he earned exactly? He is by no means a Ferrari-Mclaren-Mercedes-Red Bull level driver. A team fighting for places 5-8 is his ceiling and that's fine, not everyone has to be Max Verstappen or Charles Leclerc.

[@Romit12]

​@@twinkharrylwt226Just because he has multiple years of experience doesn't mean he can cook

[@RedHaloManiac95]

Earned it? Just by being the best on the junior team doesn’t mean you earned a redbull seat. Sure he’s more deserving than anyone else on RB but someone like Sainz would deserve it more

[@transgirllia140]

Got into f1 properly last year. This channel is one of my main reasons I'm so interested in it, learning about all the stuff going on that isn't just shown in races. Thank you!

[@LawVS]

You're welcome!

[@bonesdoes6142]

Check out AM ,Aiden Milward (spelling suspect)

[@joshuaayitevie1235]

Same here! Wouldn’t have been able to keep up with a lot of f1 conversations if not for Law😂

[@ConstantinArg]

Watched a lot of f1 content since they started up again after the pandemic, although much less these days, and a some of that is due to Law managing to cover more than everything (that baffling upload frequency tho). I keep getting surprised at how he consistently fills 10-20min videos of contant yapping without it feeling like he's just waffling. There are a few moments of course, but compared to many others, there are very few where I think "well he just said a lot without really saying anything" or "clearly didn't know what to say about X but had to fill the time/cover it". Don't know what he's occupation is but he's good at articulating himself, I wouldn't be surprised if he was a professional writer or journalist. Or he's just housing a whole writing team (the real reason it's filmed in the attic? hmmmmmmmm)

[@Razor-bk4qh]

⁠you my hero

[@stevieboy666]

I hope Red Bull actually let Yuki leave VCARB. He’s locked into a multi-year deal with no prospect of promotion. Haas were interested. Hopefully if Honda don’t pull through at Aston he can get a drive at Alpine/Haas

[@LawVS]

I think his deal was just a one year extension through 2025.

[@TheWhiskyRebel]

Where would he go? Unless another team signs on as a Honda PU team, his most realistic option would be as a reserve driver for Aston.

[@rafaelmarkos4489]

@@TheWhiskyRebel Cadillac, maybe. It's a long shot, but it's not impossible.

[@langbuddha2798]

Why would he want to make a sideways move to alpine or Hass 😂

[@stevieboy666]

@@TheWhiskyRebel Haas held talks with him this year

[@pizzaman207]

Well, I look at it in two ways; if Perez stays, it's because of his money and not on merit, If he gets paid out RedBull is desperate to save their image. Nonetheless, RedBull has a huge logistical problem within their organization that will affect the entire company, leading to a mass exodus of its employees.

[@Snaakie83]

Which happened to every team that has a prolonged stint at the top. The loss of employees is factored in at any team. Don't get me wrong, losing Jonathan and Adrian will (have) hurt them a lot, but they'll eventually will have reliant reserves in their talent pool. (They'll just need more people to replace one of those spots.

[@_JimS]

WOW!!!! Only $777K in repairs for McLaren AND the world Constructors Championship ........very impressive. I like Yuki and would be okay if he stayed at Racing Bulls for one more year then Honda go after him for an Aston Martin seat in 2026. Hadjar will need some work with emotions and radio communications. I feel these youngins' use the radio like they do a keyboard for social media posts.

[@LawVS]

Helps a lot that Oscar maintained a 100% lap record and Lando rarely got into major incidents.

[@DonnieX6]

@@LawVS Ah, wow, thanks for that stat! Just read now that he is now 1 of only 4 to ever achieve that (next to Schumacher, Lewis and Max)

[@arg_9584]

Bottas, all I’m gonna say.

[@LawVS]

I would sense that Mercedes reserve gig is his. So that Toto can use his experience to help Kimi.

[@Slipstream_merchant]

lol he’s washed

[@AdminAbuse]

@@Slipstream_merchant where is your F1 history in comparison? Just curious

[@toyotaecw]

K-Mag: does he deserve it? No would it be hilarious to watch him repeat his Miami antics in a RedBull? Absolutely.

[@Slipstream_merchant]

@@AdminAbuse Bottas is washed, cry about it

[@alastairjones0]

Hulkenberg was the obvious choice to partner Max back in 2021, that would have been a very strong partnership and continue to be one. Hulk can pick up and drive anything fast, Perez clearly can’t.

[@Lanselot2069]

the scenario making the most sense to me, (based on what we all know), is checo as an ambassador, yuki to the main team for 2026, to see of he's up to snuff, freeing up a seat for hadjar, and in 2026, if yuki didn't cut it, promote liam and put colapinto in vcarb.

[@JordanHarris]

Checo is too selfish to retire and be an ambassador 🤷‍♂️

[@rudy5832]

Who the fk wants to be an ambassdor. Gtfoh. Id take my money and run

[@rudy5832]

​@@JordanHarrishows that selfish? 😂 Only an idiot would think that way

[@shinjiikari4629]

That makes no sense in any way. By 2026 Franco would most likely have a perma seat in either Williams or Alpine. And even if he did go to vcarb, which he won't, but anyway, why would RB promote Liam over Franco instead of the other way around?

[@Lanselot2069]

@@shinjiikari4629 williams has albon and sainz, i see no real reason as of now to change that, albon has had some less than stellar races, but taking a rookie is still gonna be a risk over such a senior driver. that leaves alpine and vcarb, if i was colapinto, i'd look at the results in the past decade, and conclude taking a vcarb seat with a shot at a red bull seat is a better career move than going to alpine. the big deciding factor is gonna be the red bull engine more than anything.

[@kaloyankatzarov9284]

Fantastic content... unsubbed. Jokes aside RIP Checo, liked you at tracing point, hope Yuki gets a chance to have a year at RB while Lawson ferments in VCARB with another rookie.

[@LawVS]

Ha! I think Checo has talent and is a useful driver...but the Red Bull simply doesn't sit well with his skillset. It happens.

[@formulaendurance]

@@LawVSCadillac will come calling for Perez or Bottas for sure

[@kotertsenn]

I think best case scenario is yuki and checo swap seats. Yuki can see if he has what it takes at a top team and checo can help mentor Lawson

[@andrewprice9444]

Checking mentor Lawson 🥹😀🤣

[@Snaakie83]

Lawson and Yuki are eager to fill a very difficult spot... they'll damage their future in sport if they fail. Not sure if either of them can fill the (tiny) gap that Perez will leave.

[@rsando1971]

Checo and Lawson hate each other. Also, they want to refocus VCARB as a development team.

[@DeathBlocks]

@@rsando1971 I think some on track scuffling and a few comments are hardly enough to say they hate each other. We don't know the rest of their interaction and all those things are heat of the moment or reacting right after. It is similar to when people who said "Hulkenberg and KMag won't work, they hate each other" because of one pissed off interaction after a race.

[@adwol48]

Makes me laugh red bull are concerned by Yukis' emotional outbursts but yet not bothered by Max slagging off his team, i.e. Hungary.

[@AdminAbuse]

Well, Max delivers

[@superxavxii421]

Everyone keeps calling him emotional but all the drivers have these moments. Liam and Max have had their track outbursts this year but they still are held in high regard. I think Yuki deserves a chance. They can’t keep preaching that attitude is the problem cause we all know the entire grid had an attitude

[@AloneInTheDark17]

That very well may be why they are worried about bringing on a new driver who can't control his emotions. Max is bringing them championship after championship. Redbull would be a fool to fire him over his outbursts. But they'd be smart to be wary of that in future drivers they promote.

[@dttorres93]

I wonder why 4x world champion Max Verstappen would be treated differently. Really curious.

[@mouseDown83]

Youre right there, but Max is so good everybody will put up with his outbursts. Also, can you measure to what extend his tantrums have had any (positive and negative) effects on the team's performance? Could very well be all for the better.

[@mikii2001]

If not RB, I hope Tsunoda gets Stroll's seat… Lance feels more and more disinterested in racing, there are almost no flashes of talent, and after getting Newey and all the facilities his father can’t hide his son is the weakest link… He also owns smaller share than when he took over, shareholders may start to call for an improvement.

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

yea, Lance really wants out of the project, he's been in F1 since 2017, after 2020 he just fell off once Racing Point was rebranded to Aston

[@mikii2001]

@ he also might be ashamed to admit “dad, thanks for buying the team and making it a powerhouse, but I’m bored, bye!”

[@snake-lu6sh]

If I was Perez I just leave redbull and go try to get the cadillac seat

[@LawVS]

It's not like he's being dumped possibly without compensation.

[@Meeko2689]

If he’s gonna leave he better get paid, I don’t think any sane person would walk away and leave millions of dollars.

[@eoincassin4265]

Why on earth would Cadillac want a useless never was. It's as stupid as them signing Riccardo or Bottas. These 3 offer absolutely nothing to a race team.

[@d.optional3381]

i dont see any team seriously considering perez as any more than a reserve driver at this point.

[@siniister710]

Lawson is not worthy at the moment.

[@888ahc4]

What a double standard! It’s ok for Lawson to not back down to Alonso and Perez on track. But if Yuki did that then he immature, stubborn and hot headed

[@yurik-u3d]

I completely agree! Liam has so much potential but needs time to develop, and its time for yuki to show off his skills in a red bull. Although its pretty common knowledge that yuki isnt exactly world champion material, hes still super fast and talented

[@tomsoyer5639]

Every comment section is raving about Yuki yet for some reason there is some conspiracy? No one likes him except everybody?

[@perfectfantasies]

people like yuki, red bull doesn't want him tho.

[@captainross4706]

The people that matter, Horner.

[@Dishanta_Goswami]

It's crazy how similar Max's and Marc Marquez's situations are. Both athlete's machines were dominant and the upgrade path completely suited THEIR style (others would struggle). But it goes overboard and then the athletes themselves can't handle it anymore. Marquez has left Honda now though

[@MoptopTofer]

It's funny because Lewis also has had some parallels to Marquez where he has been struggling in his machinery and is now moving to a red Italian team to win another championship.

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

Checo is basically Max's Heikki Kovalainen, just a decent driver but wasn't cut for a top team with a World Champion teammate (for Checo being Max, for Heikki being Lewis)

[@seashackf1]

It’s a good analogy, but the RB situation is a little different though. Honda specifically only developed the bike for Marc, ignoring the fact no one else could ride it until it bit the in the butt. Newey, Albon and others have stated the RB isn’t specifically designed to Max’s strengths. It’s designed to be fast as possible and Max is able to exploit it the best. I don’t think it’s a coincidence the drop off in understand how to set up the car happened very quickly after Newey left. He seemed to have it well in hand, but RB got kind of lost just after he stepped away. Newey seemed to be the key piece.

[@StephanOleara1228]

Red bull could’ve easily had it where they had Danny ric come in and try out the main team. Put Lawson and Yuki in the other team and if Danny didn’t preform well . Let him see out his contract and give him a good send off like they did Hamilton and promote one of the others to take his place. Things would’ve been smoother and if Christian wanted money that bad, I’m sure Danny ric could’ve brought some. He did bring visa and cashapp . It’s not what checo brings, but still would’ve been a better choice then what they got going now.

[@nzmike7497]

Wow, finally got to the end of one of your vids! Love what you do but I find them way too long for the time I have available. But back on track, even though I'm a kiwi and therefore a massive Liam Lawson support I actually agree with you that it would be better for him to do a full season in an RB before possibly going up to the big time in Red Bull. I think he's very capable but going up against Max with something like 11 races under your belt is not going to end well as we've seen before (and you pointed out). Also 2026 will be a new start for everyone so maybe that's the time to put him in a Red Bull - i.e: when the playing field should be a lot more even .

[@SadMarinersFan]

Red Bull ignoring any issues with the RB19 because max kept winning anyways is so funny to me. Real suffering from success story.

[@SuperMarkizas]

If RedBull wanted money they shold have kept Danny Ric

[@Fgjmnz]

I honestly wish Checo would’ve been listened to from Spain last year. Between ignoring him with that, as well as Bird being not the best at his job, I feel like Checo could’ve done better this year had he been given the actual resources needed, and not just a contract and a “good luck” I would love to see Yuki in that seat if it is over for Checo. He’s put in the work, and shows he has the drive to do well

[@rsando1971]

It should be a no-brainer. Yuki deserves the second RB seat.

[@insert_funny_name_here2321]

It’s crazy that it’s been 2 full seasons since the channel rebrand loved the videos man keep it up

[@42mag]

I'm with you. Red Bull should drop Checo and put Yuki in the car. If he's not next in line, what are they even doing wasting time on him? Give Liam a chance to develop with a full season at RB. Put Isack in the other RB and show everyone that you want to give young drivers a shot.

[@blauekits7782]

Tsunoda gets the 2025 season, Lawson gets the 2026 season, simple. Otherwise they can't keep kicking the can down the road. I also think while a very shrewd move, locking down Colapinto at Williams will seal his fate in F1. Looking at Bortoletto, no doubt if he was a free agent he could have been the Racing Bulls band-aid.

[@D850X]

I suspect the main reason RedBull have had an issue finding a decent driver for the number 2 seat is because of Verstappen's father. I believe he wants someone like Checo because there is little to no chance of any issues with team orders since he's so much slower. I suspect he doesn't want anyone who will possibly give Max a run for his money and cause issues at the front of the field, like McLaren had to deal with.

[@lg4609]

I don't think Jos has a say in it and Max doesn't care whose is in the other car

[@D850X]

@lg4609 You could be correct about Jos. I just think he's the reason Sainz didn't end up at RedBul this go around. As for Max, you are absolutely correct. He doesn't care who it is.

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

@@D850X tbf Sainz was dismissed by Horner for being too cheap, i dont Jos is going to be very present in the garage, since he's doing Rallying as of recently

[@Cloxxki]

The downside for Max doing WEC in his prime is that he'd not have teammates at his level, and he only gets to drive up to ~40% or so of the hours in a race. We don't know how true it was, but hit GT3 testing with the car he sponsors, the team seemed really impressed with his speed. He'd done huge amounts of GT3 sim racing so little adjustment when you're an F WDC already, I guess. A GT3 team of Max, Liam and...who's fast? would be something.

[@MVRacer227]

Fernando once said he'd go back to WEC if Verstapen was his teammate.

[@zaciswierd8739]

@@MVRacer227dream team in the Aston Martin Thor team

[@peterkeijsers489]

Checo DID put the finger on the sore spot, over and over and over again. Red Bull just didn't care, or refused to listen but focus ONLY on Max. If Red Bull had listened, Checo would have finished a lot higher (although not right on P2).

[@raulestrada6635]

Thanks for being objective unlike the rest of the media!

[@AdminAbuse]

That is also a broad and unfair generalization

[@tokdo4960]

Yuki should be the driver at Red Bull. He distanced himself from Ricciardo to the point they dropped ricciardo who was similar to where he was the year before. Lawson came in at the same point and was clearly behind Tsunoda. Yuki has shown he's mentally tough making the big leaps this season.

[@desshinnick9365]

My suggestion - Max takes a year sabbatical (if he is okay). Can do whatever racing he wants, family time etc. - Lawson and Tsunoda to Red Bull - Hadjar and Iwasa to RB At 2026, Max returns refreshed. Either Lawson or Tsunoda get booted to RB. And Hadjar or Iwasa get moved out.

[@CarlosSanchez-gj6ux]

honestly wild thought, what if yuki gets the first half calendar, then Liam the second half? Yuki finally gets his chance, Liam still gets time to adjust to formula 1 and then is prepared when he jumps into the Redbull, Isack gets the full time role for the junior team? Red bull always like swapping drivers mid season anyways 😂

[@Tonymontanatl]

Yuki has always been the underdog. It’s so sad to see that they can’t just accept he’s a good prospect for the second seat. Always been humble this year as well.

[@Cloxxki]

90+ races? How many where stand out drives? If he had them, he hid them well. His better results seemed more luck (or others flunking) and strategy than brilliant driving.

[@888ahc4]

They all have attitudes and need time to mature which Yuki has

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Best F1 news analysis channel on KZbin. Doesn't copy the other channels much. If LawVS does, it is only the topic and not the entire news story.

[@ooguiyamachan]

I have been following this channel for while from Tokyo. You always give great thoughts.

[@InterestedAmerican]

It was reported earlier this year that the development potential of Red Bull's car has reached its zenith. Add Red Bull's self-inflicted driver problems (other than Max), and it doesn't look at all promising for Red Bull in 2025. The drivers in the "B" team RB apparently aren't up to snuff with Horner or Marko. At present Red Bull have no one they feel confident can replace Sergio Perez. This doesn't speak well to whoever is in charge of driver development (cough). On the bright side, we all thought this year would be a Red Bull cake walk to both championships, and happily that wasn't anywhere near the truth. Max won by virtue of pulling out an enormous lead at the start of the year, then things just fell apart. This made the year very interesting and entertaining.

[@Slizxzz]

The gap never closed after Miami, he did have a lead but Lando could never close that gap afterwards because of Max simply being the better driver.

[@InterestedAmerican]

@@Slizxzz McLaren shot themselves in the foot a couple times, too, with strategy calls. Clearly, at that time McLaren weren't considering they could be in the mix at the end of the year for both championships.

[@Slizxzz]

@@InterestedAmerican 100% true. I was just saying that I don’t think that Max won with just the lead. Since that Gap didn’t close that showed that Max wasn’t winning by that gap. If he really started to struggle he would have lost in like 3 races. McLaren had some bad calls too which sucks if you’re a fan.

[@sasefras3457]

please just give yuki the seat

[@filipnielsen1000]

I don’t think Liam to RBR would be a good idea. I like the kid but he’s done 11 races in total. That’s not enough for a car like this. I know Albon got promoted after a similiar amount of races, but he also wasn’t exactly a success. Gasly was a huge talent and considered a future star in 2019. He crumbled completely. Yuki deserves that spot. If he doesn’t cut it in 25’ then bin him. At least guve him a shot, can’t get much worse than right now

[@mouseDown83]

Yuki Tsunoda deserves it most, imho

[@mouseDown83]

Also, if cars stay the way they are now - I reckon Lewis is going to have a big shot at the actual title next year. Red Bull are too hit and miss, just like the Mercs, so they shouldnt stand a chance. That leaves McL and Ferrari, with the McL strategy and driver mishaps really letting them down. Ferrari cóuld have the pace, and Lewis imho has the best racepace of those drivers by a mile. Never rule out Max, but if things stay the same.. Lewis is on pole.

[@Loki-sk7bi]

Red Bull is so in love with Max that I think they will quit F1 when he retires. They will never have a functioning second garage.

[@moonbathing2002]

I agree Lawvs, additionally, Horner had a personal dept of gratitude toward Checo for his support during inappropriate behaviour accusations!

[@1nterntalkswheel590]

The fans want another F1 Manager series

[@chrisgonz19]

Ive been a fan of yours for MANY years and it's wonderful to watch my favorite creator cover my 2 favorite things, Dragon Ball and F1! Better believe i never miss an upload!

[@TheLalo1383]

With out Checo there is no Max. Facts . Checo gave Max 4 championships.

[@NeilWilliamsonCanada]

No Law, the 'Sainz' are pointing to Williams, he already has a contract. 8:41

[@weybye91]

And I guess he rather want to help Williams getting back to glory, than go to redbull

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

@@weybye91 tbf Helmut was denying Carlos at a Red Bull seat, they couldve had him to replace Dan back in 2018 (since he was still part of the RB payroll despite driving for Renault) but they chose Gasly and Carlos eventually went to McLaren after Nando's "retirement"

[@ayush9608]

Started watching F1 this season, and I have to say that your channel is one of the best F1 related channels on youtube. I never miss any of your videos, and I hope you reach 100k subscribers soon!

[@craigcharlesworth1538]

I think the maddest thing is that this year's driver market kicked off at the beginning of February and still isn't fully resolved in mid-December.

[@Ticklestein]

10:19 - Only because they yoinked Sargeant.

[@JustMyLuck]

I was thinking the same thing for yuki. they need to promote the experience, i don't see why they shouldn't bring back Riccardo if yuki goes up to help foster lawson more.

[@Ryzard]

I'm thinking that Max Verstappen in 2025 could be Fernando Alonso in 2012. Honestly, they parallel each other a lot.

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

imo Lewis in 2012 is also similar, if the RB21 is decently fast like the MP4-27 was in quali but constantly conking out

[@XxCR4ZYxB34STxX]

Did not expect masako to pop up when I clicked on an f1 video

[@ifeeIcoke]

I’m so glad the attic feeding time guy is growing since I’ve seen him start doing the attic thing

[@lalithbhaskaran]

Woah …haircut !!

[@chimchim2_]

Right!?

[@misssunflowerj1894]

i’m so glad someone else noticed

[@d.optional3381]

i have no interest in seeing Tsunoda in a Red Bull. I just don't get why people think he could be anything more than a solid midfield driver. Which is fine, just not an exciting prospect for me.

[@DeathBlocks]

I kind of agree, only thing for me is I think Lawson hasn't shown as much as some people go on about so to me it makes more sense to give him the time to develop for a year.

[@AndyClifton-ok4rs]

If you do a look at qualifying between Liam and Yuki the gaps are small, it’s not really 6 nil because COTA Liam out paced Yuki and did not set a time in Q2 due to the penalty, and the time he set in Q1 was still faster than the time Liam set in Q2 and Q1. There was only once where he really outperformed Liam and that was Vegas. And honestly Law, Liam Mexico was Liam’s only outburst, since then he has been really calm in the car.

[@The123Orion123]

I agree. It has been stated by Laurent that they messed up Lawson's car setup in Vegas which does explain the delta somewhat. How I see the Yuki/Lawson debate is if you follow your heart, you put Yuki in for time served, larger fanbase and that he is currently slightly faster. If you follow your head and look at the data and calculate trajectory then it's Lawson. Personally, I don't see Red Bull as having much of a heart...

[@prime_enigma]

I would love to see Max attempt to win multiple Crown Jewels in different disciplines. He's already won Monaco twice. It would be cool to see Max win Le Mans, Sebring, and Daytona in endurance. Maybe pull an Alonso and take a crack at the Indy 500.

[@mouseDown83]

Absolutely, but first he has to win WDC without winning a single GP (could be 2025) ;-p

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

Max hates ovals, bold of you to assume he'd do the 500

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

@@mouseDown83 depends, the last terrible season he had was 2017

[@calumbishop7082]

Despite what Max Verstappen joked with Zac Brown, there is the argument that on average, the Red Bull was the better car for most of the season. If we divide the season in quarters, the first quarter of the season Red Bull had the fastest car, the final quarter of the season it could compete for wins and for the middle two quarters of the season it could compete for podiums. On paper Red Bull should not off lost the Constructors Championship, let alone finish 3rd. Why Sergio is still in the car is beyond anyone's guess? The only theory I have anymore is Red Bull not wanting to undermine their relationship with Verstappen. If Tsunoda or Lawson suffered the same problems Sergio has this season, it would expose the problem being the team and not the driver, and expose the idea that Max is carrying a bad car to performances it doesn't deserve, which might lead Max to consider leaving. Alternatively they might be worried if Tsunoda or Lawson equal or outperform Max which leads to inter-team fighting (similar to what happened when Max came up alongside Riccardo). Despite that however, this situation with Sergio isn't sustainable.

[@hamstel4540]

Hey did you do something with your hair?

[@Jay_The_Cat]

Yuki has earned first crack at the senior seat, give him a season. If it doesn't work out, swap him with Lawson.

[@ChristianRThomas]

I think you are spot on with Yuki. I hadn't realised that he'd done 100 races already and pointing that out totally clinches it for me. That and the fact that I really don't see the spark in Lawson; just don't see him as that special at all.

[@night756]

At this point I swear that Red Bull loves getting into drama to the point that they create it themselves so they can stay relevant with the f1 community

[@Cloxxki]

Do you even hear yourself? 😀 Empathy isn't THAT...

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

if they want more drama, they should just pull a spygate

[@jcgcastillon]

It doesn’t matter who is the driver if RB won’t support the driver 😂

[@wernerklomp311]

Like they haven't supported Checo.

[@jcgcastillon]

@ they haven’t supported the second driver ever not just checo!

[@wernerklomp311]

@@jcgcastillon lol

[@arianatta1884]

Hey Law! I was thinking during off season it could be a good idea to do a video kind of explaining f1 to newer viewers. Explaining track evolution, tire degradation ect

[@NickRgibbs]

There's more speculation in these videos than stars in the sky at this point.

[@cadenzabreak7689]

Am I the only one who doesn't buy the idea that the RB20 is now some terrible middle of the pack car? Sure the last part of the season other teams caught up and did well, but Max STILL won the drivers championship, and even when everything was said and done he DOMINATED at Qatar. The car could absolutely hang with the rest of the top runners and when it came to a track it agree with, it was incredible. Perez was just literally that bad. He's gone from a very good driver to one of the worst on the grid very very quickly. Its not unreasonable to think he just fell off and thats it. Its happened to probably dozens of drivers across the history of the sport. It literally happened this season to Danny Ric, where are all the people who said things like "oh once he leaves McLaren and that car, he'll be great again." I dunno, I just really disagree with this classification of Max being some Superman of a driver who dragged his tractor of a Red Bull into destroying the Drivers Champtionship. The car was stupendous in the first 6 races, and from there on it was "just" really fast. I really disagree with using language like "outperform" and "drag it up the order".

[@Skye-Central]

Red Bull didn't need a wind tunnel, because they had the wind whisperer Adrian Newey, Red Bull losing performance after Adrian leaves, coincidence, I think not.

[@jido9286]

they messed up heavily by not bringing Sainz

[@BadWallaby]

SILLY SEASON HAS BEGUN

[@The123Orion123]

I think you'll find the last one is still going...

[@ChrisAlexander-y2e]

Just remember Ricciardo shafted Red Bull when he went to Renault. Hamilton has done the same with Mercedes. That's the way drivers should treat their employers, not the other way round.

[@DeathBlocks]

How did Lewis shaft Mercedes? He announced before the season even started that he is leaving, at the end of his contract. When they also made it obvious that he is getting a one year extension because his replacement is on the way. And Ricciardo was like half way through the season if I remember correctly. Although from what I have heard he made it seem like his new contract with them was basically just a formality.

[@Cherenkov28]

Law, I do think you should consider the reason why Checo's contract extension was granted. At that point in time, he was holding up the constructor's title and the midfield teams were waiting to see who they could get for 2025. We could have easily seen a future where Checo could have been signed to Williams, Sauber, or Haas given he is a driver who made his name in the midfield for Force India / Racing Point. Its easy to look back and see that the decision to extend his contract was was perhaps the wrong one but its more important to understand the reason for doing so.

[@Ticklestein]

7:00 - Take a year off, do some sim racing and diaper changes during pitstops.

[@iazy47]

Or just fired Christian horner? He was the guy making mistake decisions though

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

yea, Post-Mateschitz, Horner and Marko both need to be fired, Horner was simply a failed F3000 racer who is currently running the team like an idiot and Marko is simply an old man who GENUINELY thought Enrique Bernoldi was better than Kimi Raikkonen

[@nachomolaolivera7580]

Lawson is the chosen driver because if you look at races, Yuki has won 6-5 Lawson while having a whole lot more experience. Why would you chose the guy that is old and trade blows with a Rookie and not the rookie that still can get better? Yuki peaked and he's not that much better, so let's invest in the guy that at least could be that much better.

[@ZipperZbieracz]

Checo is very smart financially. He invests in stock markets, he knows how to make money. He signed the contract extension at the first possible opportunity, which was also probably his last, and now he expects either a pay-off, or a drive for 2025 (and to be paid for it). Horner's blunder, now Red Bull is stuck with a slow driver and no "cheap" way out, these things didn't happen when doctor of Law Helmut Marko was the only RedBull guy deciding on the contracts and drivers.

[@Jalreal]

Give me Yuki and Max Verstappen hopped up on Red Bull and blathering in the radio all race lol pleeeeaaaase

[@goldenoodles6281]

REAL

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

mostly Max lapping Yuki i guess, unless Yuki does a 2014 Ricciardo

[@mermils]

Great video as always If Perez out Yuki goes in and let Isak and Liam be tested for who can be good for 2026

[@charlesjmouse]

Hey Yuki, you've got a year to prove you deserve to be in the top team. You know who your replacement is if it doesn't work out. Checco, you know you haven't been performing well enough and we've given you plenty of time. It's time to go, how much to buy you out of your contract? Don't be silly and we'll give you a DC-like position at the team pretty much forever. How hard is that?

[@seashackf1]

There is one upside to RB being 3rd in the WCC. They now get more dev time which they can put toward the 2026 car.

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍

[@pariseri1]

Gasly, Sainz & Alon were ALL Red Bull drivers at one point. How they had the best driver choices across 2 teams, now loses the Constructors because of their driver choice, shows you just how unprofessional things are behind the scenes.

[@Ryzard]

9:50 - I'm sorry, the image of ONLY MAX showing up is so funny and poetic to me. Like the "He's so bad we'd rather just not have two cars" memes on twitter would be going WILD The situation is so sad it's silly.

[@justaregularguy1234]

They're just trying to make stop gap until Lindblad arrives, they probably would just stay with Checo for the money til that happens. Though, if it was based on performance merit alone, they should cycle the juniors starting with Yuki for at least half a season and see if any of them can swim.

[@no1washerezz]

i've said this before. this entire mess really started during the summer break of 2024 (if you want to get technical, it was really giving checo a drive for 2024 after an embarrassing 2023 campaign). they should have dropped checo during the summer break and promoted ricciardo to RB. it was clear that checo's form has dived down a cliff and the only reason explaining ricciardo's presence was a possibility of a return to RB if checo underperformed. no surprise, checo did underperform but ricciardo wasn't allowed in. they could have truly evaluated ricciardo's ability by giving him until the singapore break and determine if he has still got the talent/speed to stay at red bull meanwhile lawson could have been promoted early to VCARB and gather more experience to replace ricciardo in the event that he underperformed at red bull and get himself up to speed while ricciardo was still there. now what do we get? ricciardo was never able to show if he still had it in a red bull car with a strong front end that he liked so much, perez has underperformed so hard that red bull's chances were gone to dust and is looking at retirement, and lawson's late promotion has failed to give him meaningful experience and left many doubts about his ability to partner verstappen. wonderful work from milton keynes.

[@JonDC70]

13:26 Not unequivocal. You're reading into that what you want to see I think. It sounds more like good words one might say when being called for a job reference from a former employees new post. That's why it's so vague. Next steps? He didn't say next steps at Red Bull. Could just as easily mean next steps with another team.

[@micodyerski1621]

We can not do 'ifs' in F1. Wasted time. "What if Prost didn't steel a Championship from Senna?" Senna finished the race! See, 'ifs' don't matter.😢

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

This is my theory, and I'm saying this as a Mexican American living in Canada 🇨🇦, so I pretty much cover all of North America on this one, Checo isn't going anywhere for 1 year, he and his Reps want Redbull to cover 1 of the 2 years he has left on his contract, that's right he has a contract until THE END OF 26. He's banking on one impressive year to prove he ain't done, he can't go to Nascar or Indycar both places have a Mexican driver each with a massive fanbase ALREADY, so he wants to leverage one more year to convince Cadillac to let him help along its future junior driver, which I'm expecting to be Jak Crawford, and to sweeten the pot, I think Slim is dangling whatever money he can... now that Hadjar is staying in F2, Redbull have an out atleast for 1 year, so my opinion Max Checo Redbull RB Lawson and Tsunoda, and in 26 both Tsunoda and Checo are GONE.

[@kaatjestee2858]

Didn't Checo have a 1+1 contract?

[@Ks-rei]

​@@kaatjestee28581 year actual + 1 year extension if have a good performance if i'm not wrong

[@zenki86]

Let Tsunoda the number 2 driver Red Bull please for the love of god just fire Perez its easy just say Your demoted to VCARB instead of letting Yuki in a 2nd team and rotting

[@dettikantor4357]

Max said in so many interviews that he isn't taking a year of or retiring early this last week

[@youridiot898]

What i want to know is how did Williams NOT hit the cost cap?

[@kaatjestee2858]

We don't know maybe they did, we'll know next year

[@weybye91]

Same reason Hass haven't hit that either

[@leoarevalo6786]

They payed the damages in cash to hide the overspending

[@Kermit-The-Smaug]

Honestly, I’d love to see max try for the triple crown.

[@DerrickGuy-l8z]

I think Magnusson would be a good choice

[@AdminAbuse]

I think spelling the name right would be a good choice

[@harshith27-zy4ky]

imo K-Mag deserves a top team, McLaren screwed him over for Alonso (who was responsible for spygate) and he's been mostly stuck with Haas with that Gunther who was a complete idiot and now that Haas have had a much better finish to the year, it kinda is a shame

[@supercaulin]

Get this legend to 100k pronto

[@JMRope]

The problem Red Bull have is that neither Yuki nor Liam are seen as potential replacements for Max, neither of them generate much excitement really. There was plenty of interest in Piastri before he started in F1. Similarly Bearman is getting a lot of attention and Antonelli is seen as a future star. Bortoleto will generate a lot of media attention too. Some of those drivers may turn out to be something of a disappointment 12 months from now or they might be labelled future champions. But Yuki and Liam aren't generating the same sort of headlines outside of Japan and New Zealand respectively. They could go on to win races, but it appears they are not seen as potential champions which is what Red Bull will need when Max decides to move on.

[@iSkully99]

They're keeping Checo so they get more wind tunnel time and money from Perez' sponsors that they can put towards making Max drivers champion again.

[@JohnSmith-ck5qk]

This doesn't make sense because a better driver could have occasionally beaten Charles or Lando and thus help protect Max's WDC chances

[@Hungary_0987]

​@@JohnSmith-ck5qkboth of you have a point

[@weybye91]

​@@JohnSmith-ck5qkbut they will then lose what 16-18 million dollars, in sponsor payment. Which will not only cover losses made for losing the constructors, and cover what redbull loses for being a being a sponsor for the world tour cycling team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe

[@crxdelsolsir]

I would hate to think if Horner' s kindness (signing a contract in good faith of improvement) is repaid in a way that may burn that generosity and for anyone else.

[@leftundersun]

In my head the best scenario would be Checo joining Alonso at Aston Martin and Yuki getting the seat on the main team. That's not happening of course, Stroll unfortunately will still drive.