Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has explained why the team opted against promoting 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda, despite him being “faster” than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson.

Lawson got the nod over Tsunoda to replace the axed168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez for 2025, with the 22-year-old New Zealander becoming 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen𝄹’s fifth teammate ꦛsince he joined Red Bull in 2016.

Perez w❀as the latest casualty of Red Bull’s ruthless regime, with the Mexican ditched after his abysmal performances last season and being deemed not to be at an acceptable level to drive the second car.

Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon faced similar fates before Perez♋ at Red Bull, who have now turned to Lawson, 😼who has made just 11 grand prix appearances spread over two seasons.

Lawson’s promotion comes despite him not convincingly outperforming Racing Bulls teammate Tsunoda, who was faster than L🦋awson in the six regular qualifying sessions they contested at the end of 2024.

‘Significant emotions challenges’ for Tsunoda

Mark🍒o has ꦛmoved to outline why Red Bull opted to pick Lawson over Tsunoda.

“In terms of speed, Tsunoda is definitel🦄y the faster of the two at the moment, but he lacks the necessary consistency and continues to make mistakes,” Marꦡko told .

Marko also pointed to Tsunoda’s e𝓰motional outbursts over team radio as being a factor behind 👍Red Bull’s decision not to promote the Japanese driver.

"His outbursts of anger have improved consider✱ably but remain an issue. He loses control,” the 81-year-old Austrian explained.

Marko added that going up against Verstappe🐽n would pose Tsunoda “significant emotional challenges”.

“We believe it would cause significant emotional challenges for Tsunoda if he realised alongside Max that he ꦫcouldn’t beat him, or perhaps even get close to him, and that things weren’t going as he had imagined,” he said.

And Marko described Lawson as “the mentally🌠 strongest of our juniors,” despite his lack 🌸of experience.

“He hasꦍ the mental fortitude to race alongside Verstappen and accep🌠t that he won’t be able to challenge the Dutchman,” Marko concluded.

Tsunoda will instead spend a fifth season at Red Bullꦗ’s second team.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hinted at the possibility of Tsunoda being released when his contract expires at ⭕the end of 2025✅.

"We're acutely aware that if we're not ab♑le to provide an opportunity♋ for Yuki [at Red Bull] in all honesty this year, does it [keeping him on] make sense?," Horner admitted.

"You can't have a driver in the support team for five years. You can't always be the bridesmaid. You've either got to let them go a🌸t that point or look at something differꦉent."