Liam Lawson, tapped by the team to replace Sergio Pérez, was out and Yuki Tsunoda, passed over initially by the team to replace Pérez, was in. That move sparked a debate throughout the Formula 1 world regarding how Red Bull continues to handle their second driver.

Yuki Tsunoda is debuting for Red Bull Racing at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix following the controversial decision to drop Liam Lawson just two rounds into the season

Christian Horner has cleared up suggestions that Adrian Newey played a role in Yuki Tsunoda missing out on the Red Bull seat for the start of the 2025 F1 season. Tsunoda is set to make his Red Bull debut on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Yuki Tsunoda says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told him to be prepared in case of a promotion before his seat swap with Liam Lawson was confirmed, Red Bull opted to replace Lawson after just two races of the 2025 season;

Helmut Marko has been very vocal in the press about Red Bull's driver swap, but Yuki Tsunoda has not heard a peep out of

Yuki Tsunoda finally has his promotion at Red Bull. He was elevated last week and Liam Lawson was demoted to Red Bull’s second team — Racing Bulls — after failing to score points in the season’s first two races.