The pressure is already mounting on Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson after his disappointing weekend continued at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

Lawson qualified 20th and last and could only finish 14th in the China sprint race, before suffering a second c𝓰onsecutive Q1 elimination in reg♓ular grand prix qualifying on Saturday.

The 23-year-old Kiwi will start Sunday’s ꦬrace in Shanghai from P20.

It has been a hugely challenging startꦆ to life at Red Bull for Lawson, who crashed out of his debut race in wet conditions at last weekend’s se꧃ason opener in Australia.

Lawson was promoted after just 11 grand prix starts spread over two years for Red Bull’s sister📖 team Racing Bulls as a replacement for the underperforming Sergio Perez.

After just two weekends in the Red Bull hotseat alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, 𝄹Lawson is already finding himself facing massive scrutiny.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after his early exit from qualifying, Lawson admitted “I don’t really have t☂ime” to find confidence in the RB21.

"I think it's💛 just time,” he responded when asked what he needs to get on top of his early struggles, before adding: “Unfortunately I don't really have time, but it's just one of those things.

“I mean to drive a Formula 1 car, it takes 100% confidence in what you're doing and it's not that I don't feel c♓onfident, but the window's so small that right now I just seem to miss it. Itꦕ's that that I just need to get a handle on.

"So yeah, I don't know how else to put it really, it's justꦚ not good enough.”

How long will Red Bull’s patience last?

Adding to Lawson’s current woes,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Yuki Tsunoda, the driver who w𝐆as overlooked by Red Bull for F1 2025 promotion, continues to flourish at their sister team.

If Lawson continues to flounder while Tsunoda shines, it won’t be long before the ꦓquestion gets asked about the pair swapping seats - something Red Bull have history o💞f doing. 

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, wꦰho strenuously defended Lawson amid a difficult weekend in Melbourne, has already shifted his tone slightly.

"It's been a tough day in the office for him today so we'll have a good look at it and go through it and obviously try and give him the best car for tomorrow꧋,” Horner told Sky Sports.

When directly asked if Lawson is simply not a quicker driver than Perez, Horner gave a short response: “As 🔯I say, we’ll have a good look at it, and yep, we’ll do what we can tomorrow.”

Meanwhile, Helmut Marko told Sky Germany that Red Bull will analyse Lawson's data but suggested the team are well-positioned w💙hen it comes to driver options. 

Marko did not rule out a swap during the seaso🌺n, replying "F1 is a competitive sport" when asked that v🌜ery question. 

Assessing Lawson’s early performances, Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok stressed the importance of him being given 🌠more time.

"I think you've at least got to give him half a dozen races,” Chandhok saidꦇ.

"Clearly it's not an easy car to drive and if you drop Yuki or Isack into it, you have to give them half a dozen races before you ♑judge them. It's a bit unfair to judge before that.

"We've got the first five flyaways before we go to Europe and Iꦡ imagine that'll be a natural point where there is some sort of conversation."