Red Bull have been criticised for putting Liam Lawson into their second car instead of signing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.

Sainz was the key to 𝓀last year’s driver market when he became available after Lewis Hamilꦛton took his Ferrari driver.

Despite opportunities at Red Bull and M𒈔ercedes, both overlooked 🍰Sainz who instead went to Williams.

But Red Bull’s decision to internally promote Lawson after a short but impressive stint with their sister team has backfirཧed after two races this se✅ason.

Red🌄 Bull ღreportedly met on Tuesday and decided to replace Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda for next weekend’s F1 Japanese Grand Prix, however this is unconfirmed.

But they should have looked elsewhere whenꦇ a big opportunity arose, they h🤪ave been told.

“Sainz. Sign Sainz who was on the market,” Alex Jacques s🃏aid on the F1 Nation podcast.

“They had the option to do it. He is a proven grand prix winner. Yဣou know his data from when he was alongside Max Verst🃏appen.

“He didn’t beat Verstappen and he didn’t beat Charles Leclerc often. But he’s a driver who picke💝d up wins when it didn’t go to p♚lan.

“When Maxꩲ has contact with a driver at Turn 1, Sainz is capable of winning a grand prix.

“They got themsꦫelves in a massive tangle, and I don’t think Lawson deserves to take the brunt of what he’s doing꧅.

“He’s an 🐼elite sportsman at the top of motor racing, ✤and he’s qualifying last! That is really tough.”

'Incoherent' Red Bull criticised for Liam Lawson decision

Lawson has failed෴ to get out of Q1 in either Aꦗustralia or China.

The tone from team principal Christian Horner subtཧly shifted after the 🦋Chinese Grand Prix.

“It is uncomfortable for me,” commentator Jacques🏅 continued. “ꦉI covered his junior career. He is a straightforward guy.

“Objectively, with 11 grand prix starts, he is the least expe🐻r💝ienced and qualified to ever be put alongside Verstappen.

“He wasn’t with 🤡front-running teams in his junior career. He didn’t finish in the major places on his way throug🔜h the ladder.

“It’s inꦑcredibly difficult to see why they put Lia🌌m in this position in the first place, in my opinion.

“A guy who deserves a shot in Formula 1 has been advanced to a team where you are asking a driver to fix a Rubick’s Cube of a car which Sergio Perez - the tyre whisperer, man who used to 💝magic Force India to the podium out of thin air🦄, and who went from the back of the grid to the win in Sakhir - could not figure out.

“Checo couldn't figure it out. Daniel Ricciardo didn’t t♍hink h💯e’d beat Max so disappeared.

“Alex Albon is pretty goodဣ against Carlos Sainz, a grand prix winner, at the moment, isn’t he? He was fourth tenths of a second away. [Red Bull] would kill for four tenths of a second away.

“It has been incoherent as to who they put into the 🦩second car for a long time.

"Liam is taking the brunt of it. It’s not really Liam’s fault. Will they give him time? I don’t know. B𝐆ut it’s a tough watch.”

Laura Winter added: “I agree. We do need to start asking questions🍒 about the culture around that Red Bull second seat.

“It’s seemingly an impossible conundrum to unpick. You have a car which is sway🦋ed, built and manufactured for a four-time champion.

“The No2 seat, nothing♎ is engineered for you. You come in as the de facto No2, and that’s it. You have to fulfil that role.

“Are the Racing Bulls faster than the Red Bull?

“Already rumours that Lawson will be replaced as early as Japan, for goodness sake. But doe﷽s Yuki Tsunoda want to drive the Red Bull?

“Ever𒀰y driver on the grid will say ‘I can do a be൲tter job’.

“But instead of blaming drivers, as we t🧔end to do, perhaps questions also need to be around how the team operates, and how the culture of that second seat operates.”

Red Bull have been notoriously ruthless wit💙h their patience with drivers in their two teams.

Albon, Pierre Gasly and Ricciardo are among 💝the drivers chewed up by the opportunity who went on to have successful F1 careers.

At the end of last season, Perez lost his seat because he was unable to score points consistently leading to Red Bull conceding the constru💫ctors’ championship to McLaren.