Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner says “concerned” engineers coming to him was part of the team’s logic for its brutal Liam Lawson/Yuki Tsunoda swap.
Lawson had just 11 grands prix before he made his senior team debut at the Australian Grand Prix, with two disastrous weekends following that triggered Red Bull’s fastest sacking ever.
Horner’s revealed that concerns from Red Bull engineers were part of his motivation to make a change.
“I think with everything that we saw in Australia and China, you could see that it was really affecting Liam quite badly,” Horner told Sky Sports F1.
“We could have left it, and I think that Liam is a driver with talent. Maybe within half a season…