Red Bull expects Liam Lawson to closely match Max Verstappen's performance within three-tenths of a second as he joins the senior team in 2025, replacing Sergio Perez.

Max Verstappen has issued a short statement in honor of teammate Sergio Perez's departure from Red Bull Racing.

Max Verstappen believes the identity of his teammate next season "won’t matter" as long as Red Bull can produce a fast car.

For the 2025 season, Liam Lawson joined Red Bull Racing as Max Verstappen's teammate. After winning his fourth consecutive championship in 2024, the Dutch driver would like to go for five in a row. According to Gary Anderson,

Perez may also have one eye on 2026, with the new Cadillac team already hinting that they will want an experienced F1 racer to sit alongside a young American star when they join the grid. With 281 grand prix starts, 36 podiums and six grand prix victories, Perez certainly fits the bill of being an experienced F1 driver.

Had Dietrich Mateschitz still been at the Red Bull helm when the F1 2024 in-fighting broke out, he would have soon nipped it in the bud. That is the claim of Red Bull’s reigning four-time World Champion Max Verstappen,

Red Bull were uncharacteristically undeveloped last year, failing to introduce significant solutions to the RB20. Thanks to McLaren’s unforced errors and moments of brilliance from Verstappen, they managed to clinch the drivers’ crown.