Formula 1
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Red Bull drop Liam Lawson and bring in Yuki Tsunoda as replacement
New Zealander to be demoted to Racing Bulls team for Japan GP after disappointing start to season
Looking like it’s done.
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@MajorRage said in Formula 1:
Red Bull drop Liam Lawson and bring in Yuki Tsunoda as replacement
New Zealander to be demoted to Racing Bulls team for Japan GP after disappointing start to season
Looking like it’s done.
Japan is going to be fascinating
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I am gutted for Liam.
I have no ill will for Yuki.... but.....
Damn I hope he has an abomination of a weekend and Liam nails it in the "junior" car
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@Davesofthunder said in Formula 1:
I am gutted for Liam.
I have no ill will for Yuki.... but.....
Damn I hope he has an abomination of a weekend and Liam nails it in the "junior" car
I don't care what happens to Yuki. But I'd like to see Liam have a great quali and get into the points
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@canefan It seems the car is a dog in many ways and Max has years of experience working with it and some sublime skills as a special talent above the rest.
I guess the reason I would like to see Yuki struggle is just so it shows the car might be a big part of the problem.
Felt weird how little time Liam got in the car over the break. Yuki got some testing at the beginning as I recall and then I remember on one of the team days they basically exclusively ran Max and Liam missed loads of time.
Just feels a shame but fingers crossed for Liam
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@Davesofthunder said in Formula 1:
@canefan It seems the car is a dog in many ways and Max has years of experience working with it and some sublime skills as a special talent above the rest.
I guess the reason I would like to see Yuki struggle is just so it shows the car might be a big part of the problem.
Felt weird how little time Liam got in the car over the break. Yuki got some testing at the beginning as I recall and then I remember on one of the team days they basically exclusively ran Max and Liam missed loads of time.
Just feels a shame but fingers crossed for Liam
If they make major mods to the car before Yuki drives it that will create an unfair comparison. But RB will do what they want to suit themselves. There is no doubt the car is a big part of the problem. An interview with Alex Albon was very illuminating. Basically he said it's like playing video games with the sensitivity wound right up to the max (no pun intended)
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Red Bull are a hard team to like unless you’re a real fanboi
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Yeah 2.5 races doesn't seem like much of a trial period, but then again maybe Liam is happy with the swap? Could be better for everyone, more money for Red Bull despite no improvement in results and if Yuki has the same issues and great for Racing if Liam gets into the groove. Will be funny if he out performs Tsunoda's efforts in the Racing.
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@barbarian said in Formula 1:
Ultimately Red Bull made a mess of the transition, as they did with Albon before it. You wonder if Horner may not be the genius he thinks, and rather is continually saved by Max being a generational talent.
He’s the principle of a team with two 4 time world champs and multiple constructors champs.
He may not be very likable but his results are second to none.
Argument for saved by Newey, but that’s it.
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Yeah 2.5 races doesn't seem like much of a trial period, but then again maybe Liam is happy with the swap? Could be better for everyone, more money for Red Bull despite no improvement in results and if Yuki has the same issues and great for Racing if Liam gets into the groove. Will be funny if he out performs Tsunoda's efforts in the Racing.
I hope LL doesn't take it too hard, and actually feels some relief about moving to the junior team. Their car is no slug, and he has a great chance to have a strong weekend
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Yeah 2.5 races doesn't seem like much of a trial period, but then again maybe Liam is happy with the swap? Could be better for everyone, more money for Red Bull despite no improvement in results and if Yuki has the same issues and great for Racing if Liam gets into the groove. Will be funny if he out performs Tsunoda's efforts in the Racing.
I hope LL doesn't take it too hard, and actually feels some relief about moving to the junior team. Their car is no slug, and he has a great chance to have a strong weekend
He might be happy, why wouldn't he be? Gets what's looking like a great car and doesn't have to deal with the bullshit.
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Yeah 2.5 races doesn't seem like much of a trial period, but then again maybe Liam is happy with the swap? Could be better for everyone, more money for Red Bull despite no improvement in results and if Yuki has the same issues and great for Racing if Liam gets into the groove. Will be funny if he out performs Tsunoda's efforts in the Racing.
I hope LL doesn't take it too hard, and actually feels some relief about moving to the junior team. Their car is no slug, and he has a great chance to have a strong weekend
He might be happy, why wouldn't he be? Gets what's looking like a great car and doesn't have to deal with the bullshit.
You'd think so. But he's competitive and it's human nature to take a demotion negatively. I'd like to think his support team will be focussing on the upside of switching teams
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@canefan isn't a demotion if he does better.
He's being taken from the top team and put into the junior team. That's a demotion. But he has an opportunity to show how good he is in a car that has competed well so far this season. I think he'll do well, but I agree questions will be asked if he can't do better than Hadjar
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Looks to me like this was a Honda driven decision. Japanese driver in the Japanese powered car for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Fingers crossed he does much better in the Racing Bulls and gives him a launch pad for the next few years.
I fear that the decision is taking such a long time to be officially announced that they are deciding whether or not they even keep him on at Racing Bull.
