Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert believes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson will need to “come out of the blocks quickly” when he goes up against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen.

After just 11 races in F1, Red Bull decided to promote Lawson over 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bulls.

Lawson will have the daunting task of going up agains꧒t Verstappen in 2025.

Verstappen has annﷺihilated all of his recent teammates.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly was replaced midway through 2019 du🌠e to his poor level of performance relative to Verstappen.

His replacement was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon, who was sacked at the end of 2020.

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez lasted four year𝔍s, he was very fortunate to do so, given the level of machinery given to him.

“I don’t think Liam Lawson has proven himself 100 per cent worthy of the Red Bull seat because, in my old ways, it’s always about how you do against your tea🐬mmates and in his time at RB, he didn’t blow away Yuki Tsunoda,” Herbert said.

“Tsunoda was always mighty quick when he came down to qualify. He had his days. There was a nice synergy between the two, I suppose. You had a good backup, whichever way around it wasn’t one꧒ particular weekend. They had a very good backup of one of those two drivers.

“Lawson has to come out of the blocks quickly because as soon as Verstappen feels he’s in control of the on-trac🙈k activities, the speed that he has, but also then going down to the teeth, he’s going to start to struggle and the mental battles will start to come into play.

“Has he got the ingredients to race up against Verstappen? I think he has. But now we’ve just got to see it, I suppose. You’ve got to prove it. It’s always that. You’re always unꦏder pressure to prove.”

Red Bull’s 2025 F1 title hopes

R💛ed Bull will be hopeful that Lawson’s arrival coincides with a return to the very front of the grid.

While Verst✃appen won last year’s drivers’ title, McLaren and Ferrari stole a march in the development race.

This left Red Bull with the third-fastest car for much of the 💖second half of the year.

By the end of the season, Red Bull had dropped to third in the constructors’ championship, their lowes🐼t finish since 2019.

Red Bull have focused on making their F1 challenger easier to drive after Verstappen’s sheer driving🌞 talent masked a number ofꩲ issues with it, particularly in 2023.

For Red Bull, it could be their best hope of winning eith🍒er ♔title for some time.

In 2026, they will run their own engines for the first time, having set up Red Bullও Powertrains.