Red Bull have plenty of options to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez - some are within their grasp,👍 others are far more ambitio👍us.

Perez’s future remains under scrutiny at this weekend’s F1 Me🐈xico City Grand Prix, his home race, after he qualified in 18th🧜.

A streak of 14 grand𝐆s prix without a podium has piled press𒆙ure onto Perez who admits his season has been “terrible”.

Here’s five ways Red Bull could rejig theirღ driver line-up.

Oscar Piastri

Red Bull’s claim that they are interested in their rival’s McLaren’s Oscar Piastri ca💦used a stir in Mexico.

“Mark Webber is intensively seek𒅌ing conversation,” Helmut Marko claimed to ♛; about Piastri’s manager.

Piastri responded:&n🌱bsp;“Definitely not. “I’m very happy where I am.”

Piastri is tied to M꧑cLaren until the end of 2026 so would be an incredibly difficult driver for ꩵRed Bull to obtain.

Any interest in him would have to wait until the end of 2025, at least, when Piastri would h𝓀ave only a year remaining at McLaren.

Whether Red Bull deem that a gamble worth taking - to♏ leave Perez in situ for the next year while they wait to approach Piastri - remains to be seen.

The logic of chasing Piastri is obvious - the young Australian has become a grand prix winner this year, and alongside Lando Norris is kꩵ💎ey to McLaren overthrowing Red Bull in the constructors’ championship.

Marko’s claim about Piastri’s manager might, of course, be a naughty wa🗹y to try and destabilise Red 🐼Bull’s main rival.

Franco Colapinto

Williams driver Franco Colapinto is the elephant🎃 in the room.

As a mid-season replacement😼 for the under-performing Logan Sargeant, Colapinto’s mission was always temporary. Williams will welcome Carlos Sainz to partner Alex Albon in🦋 2025.

The problem is that Co𒆙lapinto’s drives has been so eye-catching but he has nowhere to race next season.

Audi/Sauber might t♔ake an interest in him but seem to be leaning more to Valtteri Bottas or Gabriel Bortoleto.

So, would Red Bull take a punt on Coꦜlapinto? 𓆏Even if it meant putting him in their RB team and promoting one of their existing drivers alongside Verstappen?

Journalist Sam Power told the F1 Nation podcast: “Would Franco be a good fit for Red Bull? He🐎’s a driver who has done an unbelievable job in d⛦eputising, like Liam Lawson did.

“He opens up a new market andꦛ demoඣgraphic in Argentina which Formula 1 hasn’t had for a long time.

“In which case, if you want to look at what to💞 do in the future, he’s a strong c🎃andidate.”

Lawrence Barrettoꦯ replied: “Helmut Marko is not afraid of making the tough decisions and he won’t want to miss out on a talent like Colapinto.”

George Russell

Red Bull’s claim that they were keeping a close eye on George Russell’s con🔯tract situation 🐽might have been to irk Mercedes.

Christian Horner name-checked Russell as a possible future option if Red Bull o🐭pt to lo🔴ok outside of their considerable junior driver pool.

“Christian is always trying to stir the s*** up,” Toto Wol𒀰f☂f hit back.

But, Russell is out of contract at Mercedes in a year’s time. Next season, he will drive alongside Kimi An🅰tonelli who will replace Lewis Hamilton.

Red Bull could feasibly keep close tabs on Russell’s contract situation with a view to making an offer 💝for 2026൩.

But, that might m♌ean sticking with Perez until then.

Russell has always🐲 pledged loyalty to Mercedes whose engine plans for the new regulations in 2026 are reportedly the envy of F1 teams up and down the paddock, which could p🌱rove to be key in the driver market.

Liam Lawson

Liam Lawson is the clearest and most obvious ꦐ𒈔choice to replace Perez.

He has already been thrown in at the deep end as🦋 a mid-season replacement for Dan🍌iel Ricciardo at RB, and he hugely impressed in his first grand prix in Texas last week.

Lawson went 🌞from the back of the grid to a points scoring position, and Horner praised him as driv🌟ing “like a veteran”.

The talk within the F1 paddock is that Lawson is effectively auditioning between now a🥂nd the end of the season to be immediately promoted from RB into Perez’s car in 2025.

Lawson has the big opportunity꧅ at his fingertips. Butꦇ will he actually do enough to prove to Red Bull that he is a significant upgrade on the experienced Perez?

Yuki Tsunoda

Yuki Tsunoda has been w𝓀ithin the Red Bull driver programme for three years but has seldo𝄹m been discussed seriously for the main drive, alongside Verstappen.

Tsunoda outperformed Ricciardo this season which effectivelyꦕ b💎rought the spotlight on the veteran Aussie, who has now lost his drive.

If Tsunoda can also see off Lawson, his highly-rated new ꦡteammate, then Red Bull might take a shine to him.

He has major backers in Honda, the Japanese manu꧟facturer 𒁃who have always supported him career, and who are Red Bull’s partners.

Honda’s recommendation could lead to an end-of-season test in the Red B𝓀ull for Tsu🦋noda.

There is an obvious pathwa✨y for him into the cov🐲eted drive in 2025, even if he hasn’t always seemed destined to be Verstappen’s teammate.

A Red Bull junior

The easiest 🐓way to replace Perez - and a method which Red Bull could control from start to finish - would be to promote Lawson or Tsunoda, then replace them at RB with sꦓomebody internal.

Red Bull hav🥂e historically placed great faith in their junior driver pool.

Isack Hadjar and Arvid Lindblad would seem to be at the top of the l꧙ist.

Hadjar is currently se�🍒�cond in the Formula 2 standings. Linblad is fourth in F3.

Would either be backed for a step up into F1?