Red Bull have plenty of options to replace 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez - s💛ome are within their grasp, others are far ꦍmore ambitious.

Perez’s future remains under ✃sc🥀rutiny at this weekend’s F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, his home race, after he qualified in 18th.

A streak of 14 grand🃏s prix without a podium has piled pressure onto Perez who admits his 🤪season has been “terrible”.

Here’ไs five ways Red Bull could rejig their driver line-up.

Oscar Piastri

Red Bull’s claim that they are interested in their rival’s M♔cLaren’s Oscar Piastri caused a stir in Mexico.

“Mark Webber is intensively seekin🧔g conversation,” Helmut Marko claimed🔴 to  about Piastri’s manager.

Piastri responded: 𒉰“Definitely not. “I’m very happ💖y where I am.”

Piastri is tied to Mc🌠Laren until the end of 2026 so would be an incredibly difficult driver for ꦺRed Bull to obtain.

Any interest in him would h🐻ave to wait until the end of 2025, at least, when Piastri would have only a year remaining at McLaren.

Whether Red Bull deem that a gamble worth taking - to lea༒ve Perez in situ for the next year while they wait to approach P🌱iastri - remains to be seen.

The logic of chasing Piastri is obvious - the young Australian has become a grand prix winner this year, and alongside Lando Norris is key to McLaren overthrowing Red Bull in the co💟nstructors’🔯 championship.

Marko’s claim abouꦅt Piastri’s manager might, of course, be a naughty way to try and destabilise Red Bull’s main ri🔯val.

Franco Colapinto

Williams dri⭕ver Franco Colapinto i😼s the elephant in the room.

As a mid-season replacement for the under-performing Logan Sargeant, Colapinto𝓡’s mission was always temporary. Williams will welcome Carlos Sainz toﷺ partner Alex Albon in 2025.

The problem is that⭕ Colapinto’s drives has been so eye-catching but he has nowhere t🌳o race next season.

Audi/Sauber might take an interest in him but seem to be leaning more to Valtteri Bott༒as or G🐽abriel Bortoleto.

So, would Red Bull take a punt on Colapinto? Even if it meant putting him in their RB team and promoting one of their exist⛄ing drivers a🐼longside Verstappen?

Journalist Sam Power told the F1 N🍷ation podcast: “Would Franco be a good fit for Red Bull? He’s a driver who has done an unbelievable job in deputising, like Liam Lawson did.

“He opens up a new market and demographic in Argไentina which Formula 1 hasn’t had for a long time.

“In which case, if you want to look at what to do in the futꦉure, he’s a strong candidate.”

Lawrence Barretto replied: “Helmut Marko is not afraid of making the tough decisions and he won’t want to miss out 🌄on a talent꧑ like Colapinto.”

George Russell

Red Bull’s claim that they were keeping a close eye on George ⛄Russell’s contract situation might have been to irk Mercedes.

Christian Horner name♑-checked Russell as a possible future option if Red Bull opt to look outside of their considerab🌟le junior driver pool.

“Christian is always trying to stir the s*** up,” Toto Wol♓ff hit back.

But, Russell is out of contract at Mercedes in a year’s time🍬. Next season, he will drive alongside Kimi Antonelli who will replace Lewis Hamilton.

Red Bull could feasibly keep close tabs on Russell’s contract situ♌ation with a view to🔯 making an offer for 2026.

But, tไhat might mean sticking with Perez until then.

Russell has always pledged loyalty to Mercedes whose engine plans for the new♍ regulations in 2026 are repor♐tedly the envy of F1 teams up and down the paddock, which could prove to be key in the driver market.

Liam Lawson

Liam Lawson is the cleare𒁃st and most obvious🃏 choice to replace Perez.

He has already been thrown in at the deep end as a mid-season replacemen꧙t for Daniel Ricciardo at RB, and he hugely impressed in his fꦗirst grand prix in Texas last week.

La🐼wso🎶n went from the back of the grid to a points scoring position, and Horner praised him as driving “like a veteran”.

The talk within the F1 paddock is that Lawson is effectively auditioning betweenꦯ now and the end of the season to beℱ immediately promoted from RB into Perez’s car in 2025.

Lawson has♛ the big opportunity at his fingertips. But will he actually do enough to prove to Red🌜 Bull that he is a significant upgrade on the experienced Perez?

Yuki Tsunoda

Yuki Tsunoda has been within the Red Bull driver programme f🍨or three years but has seldom been discussed seriously for the main drive, alon🦹gside Verstappen.

Tsunoda outperformed Ricciardo this season which effectively brought the spotlight on the veteran Aussie, who has now lost h♔is drive.

If Tsunoda can also see off Lawson, h𓃲is highly-rated new teammate, then Red Bull might take a shine to him.

He has major backers in Honda, the Japanese manufacturer who have always suppꦆorted him career, and who are Red Bull’s pa🎃rtners.

Honda’s recommendation▨ could lead to an end-of-season test in the Red Bull for Tsunoda.

There is an obvious pathway for him in🔥to the coveted drive in 2025, even if h𓆏e hasn’t always seemed destined to be Verstappen’s teammate.

A Red Bull junior

The easiest way ꦐto replace Perez - and a method which Red Bull could control from start to finish - would be to promote Lawson or Tsunoda, then replace them at RB with somebody internal.

Red Bull have historica🏅lly placed great faith in their junior 🙈driver pool.

Isack Hadja🌠r and Arvid Lindblad woul♛d seem to be at the top of the list.

Hadjarꦅ is currently second in the Formula 2 standings. Linblad ♌is fourth in F3.

Would either be backed for a step up into F1?