Why at least one Red Bull F1 driver is getting dropped

Five into three just won’t go in the fight to land Red Bull F1 seats in 2025, and within that equation is the inevitable outcome that one current Red Bull driver will be dropped this year.
Both Red Bull’s main team and its second outfit have key roles to play in the F1 silly season that has started unusually early in 2024.
How that shakes out is going to be massively influenced by what Red Bull does. And two recent revelations mean we now know exactly what its choices are - which guarantees disappointment is on the cards for some of the drivers in contention.
00:00 Intro
01:01 Sainz to partner Verstappen?
03:08 Playing games with Perez?
05:14 Ricciardo rumours
06:58 A vital turnaround?
08:39 A self-imposed deadline
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[@adamb2619]

Shame to see Max go.

[@happycanayjian1582]

😂

[@Letherface47]

Fr

[@titancheat]

Imagine he goes to merc and still wins the championship 😂

[@beemrmem3]

@@titancheatpeople will still say it's the car

[@titancheat]

​@@beemrmem3I don't actually think they'd win next year, but it be hilarious seeing people mad lol.

[@Cibu_Jay]

TBC [Lance Stroll]🤣🤣

[@Ancovg]

Well it hasn't been confirmed has it?

[@oliverrugg3732]

​​@@Ancovg Lance's daddy paid a lot of money for his go-kart and you best believe he's not letting any of the other kids have a go in it

[@stevec6232]

He's not going anywhere so why TBC?

[@omaralgharib6521]

Also: Lance Stroll (Rolling)

[@summervibes6835]

13 seconds in and had to check comments 😂

[@jesush.tap-dancingchrist7328]

Dan Ric: one of the most popular personalities, fighting for his place in F1 Windowlicking Stroll: Universally hated with the most secure seat on the grid with no achievements.

[@project182r3]

Danny is washed, he needs to go. Agree on the Stroll point though.

[@FluffMuffTater]

He has a formula 1 pole position and 2nd youngest podium. I do dislike him though

[@realruppert351]

A tale of the current time...

[@derekonyango9748]

stroll was super quick in the pink merc

[@DarrenLewarne]

RPM is that you? 😂

[@clivebrittain4928]

As much as I enjoy Danny Ric I think its pretty clear he just doesnt have it any more and hasnt had it for some time now. Lawson is young very hungry and really deserves a spot on the grid.

[@TobyAnderson]

I think he might surprise us in the rest of the season. I am more worried about Yuki honestly.

[@IanLoughead]

@@TobyAnderson Yuki will likely stay until 2026 as the Honda driver unless he truly falls apart. But he really is never going to RedBull main at this point in his career. His best hope to stay on the grid would be Aston Martin, and only if Stroll retires or he becomes a reserve driver.

[@A.psychedelic.hood-rainbow]

Well that’s true but he definitely tried this weekend dude got taken out at 9 I think he just needs a better car or he’s washed out fr

[@ChiIIi...]

​@@A.psychedelic.hood-rainbow I mean the RB is of course nothing compared to the Redbull, but compared to the Alpine, Stake and Williams it's quite good. The problem is that he was doing way worse then Yuki in the same vehicle.

[@cosmikrelic4815]

@@A.psychedelic.hood-rainbow ricciardo hasn't been able to drive the last three cars he has been in. he's done. liam lawson is a better driver and has a future which ricciardo does not.

[@realruppert351]

I bet on Perez staying at red bull. If Horner wins the backstage power battle, Ricciardo will stay if he is able be just decent. Tsunoda will go because of the lost of Honda. He will be Aston reserve driver if Stroll is not dumped by then.

[@freddiefreihofer7716]

The "loss of Honda" and possible departure of Tsunoda angle is a good point!

[@chrisc475]

​@@freddiefreihofer7716 Yes, I agree. It's not something I've seen discussed tbh but it's a very good point.

[@seanonraet8327]

Honda won't go to Aston until 2026 though right?

[@pauls5745]

Yeah, Checo staying for '25 is more likely than Sainz getting the seat at RB. Carlos deserves to be a lead driver and is way better than a #2 has to be.

[@RoyMatzem]

Redbull wouldnt drop Tsunoda just because Honda is leaving. And neither Aston will sign Tsunoda just for reserve (everyone will keep asking to him take Lance spot)

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

“Marko is a big fan of Lawson” Since when, his genius idea was to sign Nyck de Vries over promoting him 😂

[@shashankshekhar2611]

this channel has completely lost its game, just utter non sense

[@LindaJuffermans]

Marko's other genius idea was to move Max from Alfa Tauri to Red Bull. When Nyck did that one race for Williams he was brilliant, sadly he was doing poorly in the Alfa Tauri. There's a big difference between having one or a few good races and having a good season (e.g. Perez).

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@LindaJuffermans Max to Red Bull was a pretty obvious move, also that was 8 years ago lmao

[@Saiputera]

​@@shashankshekhar2611ikr too many False rumors

[@shashankshekhar2611]

@@Saiputera exactly :(

[@thesighbored]

IF ONLY there was another new team on the grid to offer driver spots.. 😂

[@jarigustafsson7620]

you could bet your own ass that there would be no way in hell Andretti would take their haters driver any day.

[@kinsellakp]

Andretti would want American Drivers.

[@sam-nariman6236]

‏‪3:49 he nearly dropped in Q2 in China. But Perez indeed performs the best when he's out of contract, in 2020 after Racing Point announced Vettel, Perez was on fire.

[@KrishnenduKes]

😅😅😅😅

[@KellyWu04]

Sign Perez on a per-race contract🧠

[@devashishrakshit1]

@@KellyWu04😂😂😂

[@LordViktorHun88]

That was Q1, not Q2. Checo finished 15th and got lucky no one else improved.

[@deadbeef576]

There is a saying, that you are at your best, when you dont give a shit anymore.

[@jstoli996c4s]

Checo isn’t going anywhere, if he keeps up his recent performance.

[@docmccoy9813]

Maybe he should look for a better salary. Maybe Audi woud like to hire him to bring some secrets. Being in the best car is pointless when your teammate is Verstappen.

[@notastone4832]

@@docmccoy9813 big disagree.. bet he makes good cash already.. and he can have confidence a double stack pitstop wont fuck him

[@soundscape26]

@@docmccoy9813 When engineers, technical directors and even team principals swap teams all the time I don't think Red Bull should be worried with whatever secrets Perez might hold.

[@bimonsolivar8898]

@@docmccoy9813 His only option that keeps him within reach of the occasional win is staying with RedBull...

[@KrishnenduKes]

@@bimonsolivar8898 He did a last to first in a mid tier Force India car!

[@nikks1371]

I'm just sad that Yuki's been having a pretty good year so far, but won't get considered for the Redbull seat. Hope to see him go to Aston and hopefully get a win one day

[@kinsellakp]

Alonso just made it clear that the Aston Project is completely centered around Stroll. There isn't a seat for Yuki at Aston. Once Honda is completely done with RedBull Yuki will be done. I hope I can go try his restaurant sometime.

[@Halarue]

my man Yuki doesn’t even have his own section 💔

[@docmccoy9813]

Not even a little one

[@LukeGJPotter]

Why? He's a Pay Driver who was beaten by Gasly.

[@soundscape26]

@@LukeGJPotter Losing to Gasly in just his 2nd year is hardly motive for embarrassment.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@soundscape26 Thing is Gasly’s a known quantity for Red Bull, they know he was miles off Max so they think the same about Tsunoda by extension

[@user-ui3cs9dp5k]

@@soundscape26 getting dominated by Gasly for 2 years would be reason enough for any other driver to get dropped

[@Murtie85]

God I know these guys are paid a fortune but it must be hell to work for Horner & Marko..neverending suggestive comments about their driver's futures, unless their name is Max

[@CaptainSteve777]

Sergio should stay. Dan needs to go.

[@htcf124]

Horner said after marko that there are no talks with sainz . Horner now has full control of the redbull decisions . They keep marko just to make Max happy. Checo is the number one option to be a max teammate for the 25 and 26.

[@guilhermefonseca1562]

A Sainz + Verstappen line up would at least give us hopium for a title battle next season, not that I think Sainz would be able to really keep up with max

[@escos0410]

And willing number 2 Redbull want a number 2, don’t challenge max, do as your told brutal fact and true why on earth would Carlos take that seat after coming from being number 2 at Ferrari Redbull are stuck

[@Eriksen-wp3tv]

​@@guilhermefonseca1562 If with Leclerc, Sainz fans already complain about Ferrari "helping him over Sainz", imagine in Red Bull, Max's practically own team

[@freddiefreihofer7716]

Marko is probably using the texting fiasco with Horner to clamber back onto the power ladder.

[@YoungMaster_626]

@@guilhermefonseca1562… no it wouldn’t, max would easily beat Carlos

[@ThinhNguyen-df1yc]

Taking Danny into their team seem like a mistake, they should have promoted Liam into the sport and didn't have to deal with this headache

[@JB-xd9dr]

Agree. Trouble is Horner loves him too much. I reason DR is only still there due to a contractual obligation by RB that he keeps his drive this year. DR knows the RB history so got that put into his contract.

[@adr8]

A few months ago Riccardo was going to replace Checo 😂

[@Atlas.Brooklyn]

Things change over a period of time. Wild, conceptually.

[@CB-ym9to]

Not effing likely

[@paperplane-db8qf]

Could still happen. Currently Perez is performing worse than at this point last season. At the least Yuki should replace Perez.

[@Grooove_e]

Redbull will likely keep Perez in that second seat through the end of 2025 and potentially change it up in 2026. Daniel is probably gone at the end of 2024 to make room for Lawson. Tsunoda and Lawson will battle it out in 2025 to see who gets Perez's seat in 2026.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

Tsunoda is far from being secure, at RB at least.

[@Grooove_e]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 He's 4-1 against Daniel so far this year. He keeps this up and he will stick around for 2025.

[@JohnWiku]

​@@quentinhirschfeld9382Tsunoda will get drop kicked from RB as soon as Honda is back with Aston Martin. Tsunoda is Honda's plant in RB for PR and business reasons, as soon as Honda's influence is gone from RBPT, Tsunoda will be gone too.

[@quierover4locas]

they'll keep Ricciardo as the new Gasly, the 2026 regulations will come in, the Redbull car is gonna suck, Verstappen will leave to whatever team dominates that season and put Ricciardo on a washed Redbull.

[@docmccoy9813]

Tsunoda in 2026 should pray for a Honda power unit.

[@forty5r637]

The Universe is telling Danny he needs to go. He is too stubborn to accept it.

[@florenceyared1797]

"having previously compared strongly to Verstappen at toro rosso" is hilarious when Max beat Carlos 49-18

[@teenybopper777]

They're not saying he was as good as Max, just that he did well compared to other Verstappen teammates

[@nanatzaya]

That's still a hell of a lot better then Checo vs Max though. 😅

[@smithymcsmithface]

Aye, look at the whole grid vs Max. Saint is the only one to beat him - twice in the last two years - when Max finished.

[@florenceyared1797]

@@smithymcsmithface Max dnfed in australia and came 5th in singapore so technically 3 other drivers also beat him. Honestly, I don't think Sainz has had any great on track battles with Max since 2015

[@cusernament]

Checo is perfect at RBR now. He doesn't bother Max and never fights him, and he's finally consistent. It's an automatic drivers championship and an almost certain constructors championship too.

[@sayamus]

You can see how well Yuki been performing and improving because anyone hardly saying about his seat at RB

[@oomphhh]

I’ll just say that I’m glad NickDeVries isn’t dealing with this, he’s living his best life in WEC! Love that guy.

[@mengteck26]

Man just won a race in imola a few days ago

[@richardashton5015]

He was terrible in f1

[@kristoffer3000]

He's not dealing with it because he wasn't good enough to stick around for this long lol

[@JackGPT84]

I do wonder if Carlos Sainz will be driving next to Max because he will be second driver and I'm not sure that he wants that

[@TurboCleeze]

Not sure why Horner is in love with Ric. He had some good runs years ago but he just does not appear to have "it" anymore. He is not that much of a marketing boost.

[@emelle1283]

he isnt a merketing boost at all - have you bought a single can of red bull cos Ricardope drives in f1?

[@codycurnutte9778]

People connect personally. We’re human. Sometimes emotion can get in the way of rational decision making. If it were someone else he would be replaced by mid season.

[@paperplane-db8qf]

Is that why Tsunoda almost qualified last while Ricciardo was near the front of the midfield in China?

[@kurtm5545]

I swear if Danny Ricc gets an RBR seat…give Lawson his darn shot already

[@exa0247]

Delusional 🤣🤣🤣🤡

[@pauledwards6446]

Lawson has no chance boy

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

Well, if Daniel really back to RBR, it's also a chance to Lawson is became full-time driver in RB.

[@FYM-Creeper]

⁠@@RadityaPramanaPutra2001Lawson won’t go straight to red bull. He wouldn’t had a chance against a 3 world champ. But he could be in a team with yuki. Cause he also won’t be able to stand Riccardo as a teammate aswell so it would be best for him to go to vcarb

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

@@FYM-Creeper Yeah, I mean RB is Racing Bulls a.k.a. VCARB.

[@selder_7]

Their dream scenario is someone swoops for Tsnuoda, they don’t want him long term but don’t want to be seen dropping him when he’s beating Ricciardo

[@ksauls]

Is this the first upload at a higher frame rate? Looks smooth. 👍

[@kungfusing1]

50fps is looking very nice.

[@littletweeter1327]

I’d like to see Lawson in the RB seat. He’s proven to be fast in last years tauri, but he not fast enough where it’d cause problems with max

[@81hlogan]

It pretty simple for me. Lawson replaces Ricardo and all else remains.

[@Kiwing827]

If i'm Red Bull, I would at least wait until the summerbreak. If Perez hasn't drown by then offer him a 1+1. If Ricciardo still doesn't perform then it's time to put Liam Lawson in.

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

Which 1+1 is that?

[@ghostoaks3796]

@@RadityaPramanaPutra2001 the contract...

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

@@ghostoaks3796 Alright.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

Really sad situation, but it is what it is. I only hope that Lawson will get his chance, he delivered big time as a sub in 2023 (scoring points and beating Yuki 2-1 in races where both finished, while making only 1 small mistake) and nearly got the Super Formula championship as a rookie. If he never get back in F1 again, then, this sport lose every inch of credibility it still has.

[@user-rm8ms4pe2g]

Felipe Drugovich was highly qualified, but still failed to get a seat in F1. I can't say the sport will loose credibility over that, it has happened time and again, but I'd say Lawson's performance was really impressive and I really thought he'd be replacing Ric this season. Despite liking Ric a lot, it's a fact that he's not performing well enough to keep his seat. I became an instant fan of Lawson's undeniable talent and I hope to see him in 2025.

[@Deanooooo]

@@user-rm8ms4pe2gIf DR keeps beating Yuki like in China he will keep his seat

[@giveaway6314]

Only Japan and Qatar were the races both finished. In both races Lawson was very slow in races. He was ahead in Japan because of big undercut. In qualifying he is better but still 0.2-0.3secs slower.

[@kaushalshinde2459]

RB is known for keeping there drivers on toes all the time to get the best out of them...& don't even hesitate to change drivers mid season...

[@Rufoid]

Surely Sainz goes to Audi considering his dad has a deal with them...

[@LukeGJPotter]

2025 is going to be a total write off for Kick Sauber. There is no reason to suggest that Audi will be worth racing for in 2026 either.

[@1vegasdood]

@@LukeGJPotter But, $$$$$ talks and I would bet that by 2028 Audi is in the top 3 constructors. Audi wants a smooth operator. 🤣

[@jarigustafsson7620]

another toyota 2.0 moment...

[@Preso_]

Nah Sainz Sr’s deal with audi wrapped up after Dakar in January.

[@user-so2ip9qt2o]

Checo is a cash cow. Anything Redbull Merch that drops first to sell out is Checo. Marketing alone makes him extremely valuable. They just need him to be decent and that seat should be secured. Redbull is a marketing team and with Checo they are getting all of LATM and US crowd. $$$$$

[@EntropicExergy]

They only care about winners in the U.S. and since Max is the champion, not Perez, they are far more likely to buy Max merch.

[@jdaviddejesusadon3629]

​@@EntropicExergy it seems Checo outsells him everytime tho. Maybe he has less stock but he sells faster than Verdtappen.

[@EntropicExergy]

@@jdaviddejesusadon3629 In Maxico, sure, but not in the U.S..

[@ireeeebz]

They probably just make way less Checo merch lmao

[@arelle1000]

Depends on who wins the power struggle at Red Bull. If Horner, Danny Ric stays to partner Max. If Marko, then Danny goes and Lawson partners Yuki. The best thing for the sport is for Thai Red Bull to run the main team with Horner, and Austrian Red Bull run the "baby team". This solves the ownership issue, and stops the backroom fights. If Max is aligned to Marko, let him join the "baby team" and swap with Danny Ric.

[@thetruebatman4632]

Fascinating how Horner doubled back on Ricciardo. Remember that season of DTS when he left RB? Horner said “Then we had that guy leave us… what was his name again?” I’ve always been surprised that he’s going so far out of his way to get him a spot at RB after he clearly felt betrayed when Ric went to Renault.

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

He's don't want Daniel out of RBR, actually.

[@brinta2868]

It's quite normal and human to forgive someone after a couple of years. You can be angry but after a while you realize how many good times you've had.

[@Sovereign_54]

Wolf is looking extremely rough and worn out lately.

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

His team no longer has a built-in engine advantage and cannot compete on equal terms. Then he even tried pushing the car down beyond legal ride heights in Austin 2023 and they got caught. With the cost cap in place, Mercedes is not competent enough to compete on a level playing field.

[@netconner]

@@FrancisFjordCupolaI think the loss of James vowels has been understated too. That guy is a genius

[@vinieho263]

The fact that Ricciardo is still in the conversation for the RB seat , is a joke. I’m surprised he still has a spot on the grid at this point.

[@alpenjon]

It's a fantasy narrative his fans peddle - those rumors will exist right up to the day he even gets axed from VCARB.

[@DmitrySF]

It became obvious after Alonso resigned with AM that both Max and Checo are staying. Ricciardo will probably loose his seat and Sainz will join Merc.

[@Kiwi_Dave]

Ricco, Horner is the only reason he wasn't dumped for good.

[@samsung40_media87]

stroll has dispatched Riccardo

[@jonstout9236]

I think Sainz will end up at Audi - he performed well at McLaren and has Andreas Seidl's respect IMO

[@philtucker1224]

So who do you expect to take the spare Merc seat?

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

​​@@philtucker1224 Bottas? They haven't been the same since he left!

[@kyperactive]

​@@the_lost_navigator7266Alongside Russ? The guy they replaced him with? Good luck with that one 😂

[@the_lost_navigator7266]

@@kyperactive that would be interesting....

[@CamKrazy2000]

Where there's smoke, there's usually fire. I think RB have had enough of the Verstappens and Marko. They may not push them out the door but they're not gonna stop them from leaving either.

[@MandaPii_]

I think there is more to come from the struggles between Horner and Marko in Red Bull that might shake up even more. I think Sainz should go to Audi as he could also have a great amount of impact on the car development for the 2026 car or maybe even sit 2025 out and work on development exclusively for 2026 with Audi to return in 2026 with Audi and have a strong car.

[@johnbirt9180]

Ricciardo has been out performed by his team mates for a few seasons now. Give Lawson a chance and put him in RB pronto.

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

If Daniel really sacked, where should Daniel go?

[@brownfield]

@@RadityaPramanaPutra2001a beach in Thailand?

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

@@brownfield 😮😮😮

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

@@brownfield Yes if just for vacation, literally.

[@tuk-tukteelak3302]

@@RadityaPramanaPutra2001 On the dole

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

Tsunoda being a confirmed keep is a weird take considering he was there mainly because of Honda and now that relationship between RB and Honda has completely fallen out so RB has no obligation to Tsunoda whatsoever.

[@greatscot04]

If he continues to beat Danny Ric, then I expect he keeps the seat next year alongside Lawson. Danny goes back to being a Red Bull "ambassador", whatever that means.

[@OmegaGamingNetwork]

Except for two seasons running now he has steadily improved and out performed his team mate across the board. He was also scoring points in a car that should have had no chance of scoring points last year. Yuki is far more deserving of not only his current seat but even a shot at a better one than quite a few other drivers out there at this point.

[@dodgemF1]

​@greatscot04 Yuki was nowhere near DR in China WTF are you talking about?

[@dodgemF1]

​@OmegaGamingNetwork you're suggesting he's earned points in merit, he hasn't, DNF's and a penalty in Melbourne, in Japan he was struggling behind Sargeant until his pit crew saved him.

[@RachelTurner81]

​@@dodgemF1What are you on about? Non top 5 cars can't earn points on "merit" without something happening to the cars ahead of them

[@BulletBilbo]

Sainz to Red Bull Lawson to V-CARB Tsunoda and Perez to Audi imo I don't think Danny Ric deserves that seat but he's the 2nd favourite child of Red Bull. This way everyone stays in F1 and Audi get a dope line up to break into the competition.

[@jdaviddejesusadon3629]

Thanks for no hating Checo, or any other driver whatsoever. 😂 I need to read more wholesome comments, please

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

@@jdaviddejesusadon3629 Same.

[@givemeabreak8784]

Toto's delusional thinking Max is going to fix their car 😂😂😂

[@NewtonInDaHouseYo]

It has to be „Slow Ric“ for sure …

[@billygoat520]

Fan popularity because of a big toothy grin does not bring points in F1 for the team.

[@hectorshouse7348]

The clown act drives me nuts…but some people like simpletons

[@rubenmendoza3610]

Gotta be Danny ric, least performance, least potential. Time to let him go, checo and max are a certified duo and tsunoda has potential for main RB in a few years. Bring Lawson in 👍 or move checo and bring in sainz

[@caedesy]

What if, and hear me out here... Lawson gets the RBR seat next to Max next year? Danny and Yuki stay in VCARB and we see what happens :)

[@Ogole-oye]

At the moment Daniel ...the only saving grace is his marketing value

[@Max_Flashheart]

That was dropping as commercial value doesn't like poor results even with that smile of his.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Just needs every race to be at China lol

[@karrde593]

The whole thing about every single rookie being the second coming is so tiring. I guess hype works for fans whos first race was the last one, but in the last few decades, every single rookie is promoted the same, yet there has only been 4.. shumacher (rip), alonso, hamilton, and now verstappen. Every other driver last literally in fact been a mid tier driver after they get more experience in the car and stop being young and bad drivers.

[@user-rm8ms4pe2g]

I understand Schumacher's prospects of recovery are low, he is NOT dead yet and add "rip" was inappropriate.

[@JesseTheFoote]

A lot of us thought Sergio was going to be cut after his troubles in 2023, but with some time and some confidence he’s come back very strong, I think the same will be true of Ricciardo. I think we all just need to chill and see how the season progresses.

[@philtucker1224]

Yes all the time he can come second (to Max obviously) then that cannot be improved from RBs WCC point of view. Why should Christian spend money and time changing that??

[@halofreak1990]

@@philtucker1224 chasing higher record numbers? I mean, Red Bull still hasn't finished every race 1-2, like Mercedes seemed to do between 2014-2020

[@philtucker1224]

@@halofreak1990 I wasn’t making that actual point halo although it is a fair observation. No, my point is that in F1 if you score the maximum constructors points each race (ie via a team one two) then obviously no other team can even hope to get close. Hence that season’s WCC would soon be guaranteed again for RB, still with quite a few races in hand. That’s all Christian needs to do and Checo will then be allowed to keep his seat.

[@paulphillipson2378]

Well the chassis is new to Ricardo, his chassis went to Yuki, and yes it was faulty, but will put him in good stead for the RB seat if it carries on

[@jkliao6486]

While I hope this is the start of Danni ric's resurgence, I have the fear that it might just be because Yuki has never driven this track before and it would revert back to the old narrative next weekend.

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

Amen 🙏🇦🇺

[@Deanooooo]

Daniel also has a 3 place grid penalty for Miami…

[@Denistone]

I love Danny. It's hard to justify his spot at RB. Lawson deserves his chance in that seat.

[@alexchan3287]

It all depends on how patient and how likely Helmut and Jos can displace Christian in their current team in the short run, whether other teams offer them more influential positions, whether established drivers like Carlos feel comfortable being Helmut's proxy, and whether Max's loyalty rests in Christian or his father. If Helmut and Jos goes, they may bring with them Max and Liam. If they stay, they'll need to look for a driver loyal to them, and look for ways to sabotage and replace Christian's Sergio or Daniel.

[@bertram-raven]

I think The Race analysis of Tsunoda is completely wrong. It was clear there was something amiss with Yuki's car this weekend. Could it be shenanigans to improve DR's confidence at a track where he can be good and any "tweaking" of Yuki's car swapping the order could be chalked up to DR being good at Shanghai historically? Definitely something dodgy going on. Whatever the case, DR was not on for a top ten at any point in the race. I wish we could have see him run to the end as the prediction was for him to finish 14th at best. Now we shall never know.

[@anthonyclarke7081]

you didn't present an arguement for max being dropped?

[@johansmit4447]

Contrary to Helmut Mark's threat to oust Daniel Ricciardo, the fact remains that Dr was the only F1 racing driver to put so much pressure onto MV, that it actually caused a collision between the two Red Bull's at Azerbaijan while Ricciardo was in Verstappen's slipstream after DRS on the main straight to pass him, and MV made an illegal second move in order to block Dr from passing at the end of the main straight. DR came to within one tenth of a second to MV's qualifying time on a test run in the RB19 last year, before he joined the sister team as a driver. The best option for the second seat at RB, remains to be DR. Nobody else comes close.

[@johansmit4447]

There is a very good possibility that Yuki Tsunoda will leave his current team for the AMR team when the Honda engine will become part of the AMR team in 2026, so it will be foolish to get rid of DR now, while he could partner Liam Lawson after YT's departure from the team.

[@guitarsimon1]

Knowing Marko's recent form they'll probably retain the 2 who do the best job in Abu Dhabi and replace the other with Lawson, assuming another random F2/reserve driver doesn't get drafted on and impress before the end of the season.

[@Duskraven377]

For sainz, I’d say it’s a question of “Do I want to challenge at the front with guaranteed podiums” (RB) vs “Do I want to lead my own team and earn more” (Audi)

[@tjayk9127]

Liam Lawson will be with RB in 2025 unless he gets an offer from someone else. Hard to see them moving on from him.

[@raphwalker9123]

Stfu ,redbull seat is the hottest right now ,they could get anyone not a rookie that has barely any races behind him.

[@toddbrown4185]

Ricciardo hasn’t really had a chance to prove himself fully this year. Whether it be racing incidents or car trouble he hasn’t really had a great race yet. He’s also known for his race pace, so the qualifying doesn’t really bother me. When Tsunoda made it into q3 a few races back, DR was behind him in 11th with a very small margin between them

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Ricciardo’s race pace is ignored, if he can fix up his qualifying, he’d actually be good. China was a great example, made good moves (including on his teammate) and was hunting a Mercedes on pace His race was sadly a DNF but Red Bull will take note of that performance

[@philtucker1224]

He hasn’t done much for almost four years now (Real life doesn’t lie I’m afraid). Let him go and move on.

[@sonypd9842]

@@Duval-In-The-Wallactually he’s been rubbish for most of 12 races.

[@paperplane-db8qf]

@@philtucker1224he was P5 in 2020 in a far slower car. Massively outperformed Ocon while Ocon beat Alonso. He won a race in 2021. Although struggled massively in McLaren. When he joined Alpha Tauri in 2023 he beat Tsunoda in his first qualifying and race (even though he was crashed into a was last after lap 1) back. He qualified P5 in Mexico and finished P7.

[@georginenov6779]

Their best course of action would be to drop Ricciardo this season, put Lawson in the slow car and next year move Perez to the second team and put Lawson in the first team.

[@redbovine]

Sainz takes Perez seat. Ricardo replaced by Lawson before season is over.

[@JS-te2vj]

Is DR really that "uber-popular"?? You media always say so, but I've hardly seen DR fans in Asia or the Middle-east, as well as in Europe...

[@Heisenberg_747]

Liam deserves a spot.

[@danintheden5498]

Yuki was on the better strategy. Yuki was going to beat him in the race.

[@erosinnin_]

Aston Martin needs to drop stroll he isn't producing at all. Also how crazy would an all Spanish team look like for Aston Martin.

[@arturodragonne7150]

Ricciardo's charisma and history are blinding us all. We all want to see the great comeback he's selling us since he left Renault and I think we fail to see that it may never happen and drivers like Pérez or Lawson are better suited for Red Bull than Ricciardo.

[@Xrac]

Yuki will go to aston beacuse of the honda deal is my guess, Danny and lawson will be in Vcarb next year

[@DarkenSeyreth]

Except Fernando isn't going anywhere at AM, and neither is Lance, as long as Lawrence owns the team.

[@j.b.o6829]

@@DarkenSeyrethHonda have said they need to have serious conversations with Aston Martin so you never know. Plus they are joining WEC next year so that could be a way out for stroll

[@fallenshallrise]

@@j.b.o6829 Stroll to WEC, Yuki to Aston, Stroll to Audi, Lawson to CreditApp, Ric stays where he is, Perez stays where he is, Bottas back to Merc for a year? That would be a tidy way for the dominos to fall.

[@RoyMatzem]

​@@fallenshallriseAbsolute zero chances of that happening. Lawrence made abundant clear already, his only reason buy an F1 team is because o Lance.

[@FYM-Creeper]

Hear me out bro who let you cook?

[@bruhhhhmoment4848]

Ricardo is not staying maybe as a test driver back up or something but no way he’s staying in a seat

[@cpcxgsr]

I never understood the reason to dump Sergio for someone like Carlos… there’s only ONE winner for every GP. So if RB is going to dump Sergio for another driver that “theoretically” is the same driver as Sergio, then wouldn’t RB want to find a driver that can dethrone RB’s golden boy (Max)? Otherwise, why is RB wasting their time in finding a replacement driver, only to come in P2? Unless RB knows something we don’t know… as in Max will be jumping ship soon. And RB needs to find/mold another driver that can become WDC…

[@SealsWheels]

Because Sergio can't be trusted to just bring it home in P2. Besides, they have Lawson as their champion in waiting.

[@cpcxgsr]

​@@SealsWheels Sergio proved more times than not that he can handle the 2nd seat. If you're saying Sergio should be coming in 2nd after every GP, then you have a valid point. But if you look at the larger picture, Sergio is still 2nd in points and had been fighting for 2nd place for the last 3 seasons. But I do agree, I would love to see what Liam can do in a proper car. But in order for that to happen, it will suck that Sergio will need to vacate his seat.

[@quierover4locas]

I am a huge Ricciardo fan, and it pains me to say it, but they need to sack him and bring Liam in, i actually think that the whole Ricciardo opportunity is Verstappen's idea in order to keep Lawson without a Redbull/RB seat. Given the right time and opportunity Liam will be capable of matching Verstappen after a few seasons.

[@furkanalbayrak5129]

I have a feeling that Yuki is going to be let go. Lawson has to get a seat, I think Red Bull will want to keep Ricciardo. We all know the main reason Yuki is with the team is bc Red Bulls partnership with Honda and with Honda teaming up with Aston for 2026. Red Bull letting go of Yuki a year earlier wouldn't surprise me.

[@ildskimi]

They cannot retain Ricciardo after getting beat by Yuki. Lawson is a dowgrade on Ricciardo but he will get a chance I am sure

[@CH-yp5by]

Danny Ric can do really well in the right car, thats it. The RBs car with the new chassis showed good promise until Stroll made his presence known so he needs more time and Yuki and had an absolute shocker in China so the talk on RBs has been put on hold. As for Red Bull, Perez consistency has been superb so far so as Honer pointed out it will depend on his results for the season so there is not point for these videos.

[@Magishika]

seeing as Aston's gonna be having Honda engines from 2026, I'm surprised Yuki hasn't been linked with them

[@virtious8]

Danny Ric takes over DC’s seat as the driver who does donuts in old F1 cars down empty city streets.

[@TerribleFire]

The honeybadger is history. He's had a fair shot at redemption and failed.

[@SiegfriedDerDrachentoter]

Too soon he wan on course for points yesterday as he had just boxed for much newer hards than people around him when the sc came out - he was 0.6 behind hamilron when it came out

[@kyperactive]

China has me thinking otherwise. Lets not jump the gun here.

[@eanfran]

​@@kyperactivedanny ric hasn't been beating a teammate since 2020, how is that jumping the gun?

[@kyperactive]

@@eanfran ... I say this as its clear he takes a bit to adapt. Once he does, we get performances like Mexico '22. Granted, it was too late, but its clear he was getting it together. Id imagine the same deal is more than possible here, yall just wanna write a guy off because he aint on top 100% of the time. Let him cook.

[@eanfran]

@kyperactive I'd just argue at the very top of motorsport, such an experienced driver needs to be at 100% to justify their seat. Losing to two rookies two seasons in a row (assuming he doesn't pull it together this season) Is a bad look, and is plenty of time to get where he needs to be. It's not like he's just having dumb mistakes (which he is), he is just off the pace. I think he needs nothing short of a miraculous turnaround for it to make any sense.

[@HRDNTS]

DR's best was way too long ago. He should be shuffled out.

[@kageyamatobio7542]

Sainz and perez want multi year deals. Redbull is offering them both only 1yr deals. Lucrative part of sainz's audi deal is that its a multi year deal. Mercedes are looking to send antonelli to williams for a year to find his footing in F1 and also offered sainz a 1yr deal

[@SiegfriedDerDrachentoter]

2:42 verstappen tripled sainz’s points in season and 1/4 at toro rosso why are we rewriting the past like they were neck and neck

[@_Azagoth_]

they were in quali, sainz was slightly quicker. sainz also suffered a lot more dnfs. generally he was close to max. points never give the full story. that being said sainz was also more experienced.

[@Reaz399]

@@_Azagoth_My guy Max was a 17 y/o infant with 1 year of Euro F3 experience and he was still way better than Sainz in 2015, especially in the races. Sainz would get absolutely blasted by the current Max in equal machinery. Joining RB alongside Max would be career suicide for Sainz.

[@SiegfriedDerDrachentoter]

@@_Azagoth_he had 8 compared to verstappens 6. That’s not a lot more and verstappen was just faster In race like 3/4 of time

[@escos0410]

@@Reaz399TBF I don’t think any of the top drivers would want that seat makes no odds what anyone would say/justify You take that 2nd seat and max’s partner Your number 2 and would never be allowed to challenge

[@Bearcat299]

Best thing to happen is Lance going to WEC, Yuki replacing him, Ricciardo being very good and replacing Perez who can go to a leading role in a slower team and Lawson plus another junior joing Torro Rosso

[@johnjones928]

I'm still seeing Yuki being part of the Aston/Honda partnership. Lance is simply not getting any better and with his father selling interests in the team to new investors as well as Honda's PU deal something has got to give. Lance should be given his golden watch and a nice seat on Aston's Hyper Car team.

[@harrychalcraft9711]

I'd give Riccardo the full season to prove his worth and if he's not drastically improved by the end, I'm afraid he's got to be for the chop.

[@jumaclo]

1. Max will obviously be safe 2. Perez will be safe ( if he keeps driving like he is now) 3. It will probably be both Tsunoda and Danny Ric ( unless Daniel starts showing some serious race pace). RB have never really put any eggs in the Tsunoda basket. Hes been racing pretty well as of late, but I dont think it will be enough

[@RadityaPramanaPutra2001]

I still hope Daniel can showing serious race pace. 🔥

[@OnlineEcosystems]

If Liam doesn’t get a seat somewhere after outqualifying Max at one of the world’s hardest circuits then I think Red Bull has some serious explaining to do.

[@andyelliott3198]

I think Red Bull will offer Perez a one year extension and he will either take it, go elsewhere or retire from F1. If Checo does leave then I would choose Tsunoda to partner Verstappen, and have experienced Ricciardo staying at RB alongside Lawson. Daniel has had his time at Red Bull so I think it's time Yuki got the call up, he deserves his shot at the sharp end. I think Sainz will be at Audi alongside Hulkenberg in 2025, Carlos at Aston Martin would be a great move, but that all depends on what Laurence Stroll wants to do with his son Lance.

[@lightninglev6626]

It would be interesting to see what would happen to Lawson if both Yuki and Daniel suddenly started doing well. Scoring points here and there switching between performances and staying close. Would Helmut Marco just deny Lawson a 2025 seat or kick one of the two drivers out regardless of form. I guess in this hypothetical it would put more pressure on Lawson to perform if he is given a seat when Yuki and Daniel were doing well.

[@loathsomedungeater7913]

I hope Lawson gets the redbull would be the best idea

[@magnanova]

RedBull would be crazy to keep Perez over Sainz.

[@astormdrain]

If they can’t pay him what he wants, then it just won’t happen.. also Sainz would put up a stronger fight against Max, and I don’t think Red Bull wants to have a Merc 2016 situation on their hands. If checo can secure enough double podiums to lock up the constructors early in the season, I’ve no doubt they’ll retain him for another year as a solid 2nd driver.

[@hieuluu2]

Red Bull put Nick DeVries, Gasley, Liam, and Riccardo into RB/Alpha Tauri with the intend of moving one of these drivers up to Red Bull Racing. Yet, all was beaten or matched by Yuki, and for some reason, Horner is very high on Riccardo, and ignoring Yuki.

[@ColeTalksHockey67]

I’m thinking Checo is considering retiring. Danny Ricc had a solid race, then you know, Stroll happened.

[@Uranswer-yu5kp]

Ricciardo is not going to make it to RedBull. He didn’t finish the China GP regardless of whose fault it was. I doubt he’ll be back next year.

[@sar4806]

Ricciardo should still be dropped. Him being on the junior team made the connotation completely useless.

[@JaddyMcDaddy]

Marko always seems to have conflicting opinions with Cristian Horner.

[@mythicalfox8315]

I feel like the seats wont change at redbull, I think the most likely thing to happen is that sainz will go to the audi works team, yuki will go to reserve for aston martin (when honda goes to AM) lawson and danny will drive the RBs. they have no reason to kick checo either, hes performing exactly or close enough to where he needs to be.