Red Bull's Liam Lawson-Yuki Tsunoda swap: Key questions around brutal F1 driver seat switch set for Japanese GP

26 March 2025, 13:52 | Updated: 27 March 2025, 17:57

We ask some of the key questions around the news that Red Bull will swap Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda ahead of next week's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka...

Why swap now?

In a statement confirming their "driver rotation" on Thursday morning, Red Bull insisted the move is "a purely sporting decision" to help them in their bid to reclaim the constructors' title they lost to McLaren last year.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner also cited a "duty of care" to Lawson and claimed the move will help to "protect and develop" him after two difficult races in the RB21.

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