Max Verstappen gets new Red Bull teammate after Sergio Perez's exit

Liam Lawson will become the next Formula 1 driver to partner Verstappen

Perez slipped to eighth in the Drivers’ Championship in 2024, trailing Verstappen and both racers from, Ferrari and Mercedes, making the podium in four of his first five races then missing out for the rest of the year.

His confidence and self-belief – thought by some to be greater even than Verstappen’s – is considered as a major indicator he may have what it takes to survive driving with the reigning champion. “His arrival continues the Team’s long history of promoting from within the Red Bull Junior Programme and he follows in the footsteps of championship and race-winning drivers such as Sebastian Vettel and of course, Max Verstappen.

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