As an armchair non-expert, I predict Yuki will be sacked within a month. Lawson gets the big boy seat back, RB pulls in a rookie.
Why do you think that? I think the new leadership is trying to bring stability to the team. Lawson is at the same performance level in the RB as Tsunoda was. The Red Bull car has a very narrow operating window and suits the driving style of Verstappen. Everyone else has a really hard time getting anything out of that car. It takes time to get close to the level of Verstappen and it's hard to get there when the car doesn't perform at all unless you are near his level.
This isn't new, we've seen cars like this in the past. I remember the Ferrari car being a handful back in the day. When Massa was injured in 2009 and had to step out for a while, nobody could drive his car. They tried Luca Badoer, who was very experienced driving the car in the simulator, but was dead slow in the real car. They then pulled in Fisichella, who did pretty well as teammate to Alonso at Renault and had a pole position and podium with Force India that year. He was nowhere in the Ferrari, I don't think he scored a single point. Whilst Raikkonen was fighting at the front regularly in the same car.
As an armchair non-expert, I predict Yuki will be sacked within a month.
Honda is paying RB to have Yuki in the seat until the end of the current season. Then Honda moves to Aston and it's an open question if they take Yuki with them for 2026 but he won't take the seat of either Stroll or Alsonso. Maybe RB+VCARB keep the lineup stable for the first 5 or so races because their huge problem is that they'll be left with rookies and 2nd years drivers except for Verstappen, unless they poach Russell.
As an armchair non-expert, I predict Yuki will be sacked within a month. Lawson gets the big boy seat back, RB pulls in a rookie.
Why do you think that? I think the new leadership is trying to bring stability to the team. Lawson is at the same performance level in the RB as Tsunoda was. The Red Bull car has a very narrow operating window and suits the driving style of Verstappen. Everyone else has a really hard time getting anything out of that car. It takes time to get close to the level of Verstappen and it's hard to get there when the car doesn't perform at all unless you are near his level.
This isn't new, we've seen cars like this in the past. I remember the Ferrari car being a handful back in the day. When Massa was injured in 2009 and had to step out for a while, nobody could drive his car. They tried Luca Badoer, who was very experienced driving the car in the simulator, but was dead slow in the real car. They then pulled in Fisichella, who did pretty well as teammate to Alonso at Renault and had a pole position and podium with Force India that year. He was nowhere in the Ferrari, I don't think he scored a single point. Whilst Raikkonen was fighting at the front regularly in the same car.
Honda is paying RB to have Yuki in the seat until the end of the current season. Then Honda moves to Aston and it's an open question if they take Yuki with them for 2026 but he won't take the seat of either Stroll or Alsonso. Maybe RB+VCARB keep the lineup stable for the first 5 or so races because their huge problem is that they'll be left with rookies and 2nd years drivers except for Verstappen, unless they poach Russell.