Over the last 12 to 24 hours, there was a huge twist coming from Red Bull Racing about them looking to replace Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda ahead of the Japanese round just after two races into the new season.

Yes, Max Verstappen is still leading the pack and currently 4 x world drivers’ champ but at the same time, he needs someone who can push this team to the metal – and seems Liam Lawson isn’t that man up for the task unfortunately.

I get it because he’s a New Zealander as someone who personally enjoyed the best of NZ sport too. 

You can also tell he made a good impression first and foremost but again, his best finishes were only 9th like three times – nothing more when RB’s goal is to battle for regular wins, podiums & Top 7s. 

Plus, he doesn’t really have the sponsors to bring himself in to the table having only made 13 Formula 1 races to his name.

While everyone can’t be a Ollie Bearman or an Andrea Kimi Antonelli, it seems Red Bull may have regret snubbing Franco Colapinto as they are now reconsidering him for their sister team at Racing Bulls – should Yuki replace Lawson immediately.

Again, he’s fast and may have crashed at times but he is also the guy who can bring a bit of everything that Liam wasn’t able to do in between both Red Bull squads.

Sure Flavio would want to think about this so he can at least get his money back and have someone like Franco drive a slightly better car with a decent enough engine than the one he is currently waiting on right in front of Jack Doohan right now which has a bang average Renault engine.

Franco going to Racing Bulls would take the pressure off Doohan no doubt who continues to match Gasly with raw pace in practice and qualifying, although he needs to be a bit more careful so he can keep his cards to his chest in the hope of staying at Alpine for a long times. Plus, Pierre loves having him by his side as also hoping this partnership doesn’t end that quick all because of Flavio’s admiration of Franco.

So all in all, Red Bull should pay Alpine & also Williams whatever it takes to give Franco a chance in Yuki’s spot at Racing Bulls alongside fellow rookie Isack Hadjar, who also seems to show some good potential so far following his step up from F2.

F1 will always a cut-throat sport as Liam had his chance but sure he will end up at either Cadillac, Haas-Ferrari or even Audi at some point when going back to Racing Bulls for the third time may not make much sense for someone who’s already been there with some success unlike Yuki.

Also, instead of trolling Jack all day long to make Franco look good, let’s give him a chance still when the team isn’t even up front right now as he will get there to where he wants to be with time.