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Liam Lawson dismissed, or Red Bull's admission of impotence

Presented as a gesture of goodwill towards the New Zealand hopeful, his replacement in the second Red Bull seat seems above all to mark the failure of a system and the failings of the senior management of the Milton Keynes-based team.

Published 26/03/2025 à 18:23

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Liam Lawson dismissed, or Red Bull's admission of impotence

Should Christian Horner and Helmut Marko blame themselves first for the successive failures of their second in-house car? Photo / DPPI

It's for his own good that Liam Lawson appears to be about to be relieved of his duties. Christian Horner explained this on Sunday evening in China, as if New Zealand's hope had become a ticking time bomb that needed to be defused as quickly as possible. He is a young pilot and we have a duty to take care of him, he further explained. We will do our best to support him. Liam is still a very capable driver, but for one reason or another, we don't see him being able to show it at the moment. He has had a few very difficult weekends, he has

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vincent moyet

26/03/2025 at 08:47 a.m.

A system failure, to say the least. And I'm sure Lawson could do without this kind of kindness. Tsunoda at RBR and Lawson as an apprentice at Racing Bulls, it seemed obvious to everyone... except them. (PS I don't know why my comment is in italics)

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