A remarkable predictioไn for Red Bull’s 2025 F1 driver line-up has left Sergio Perez as the senior driver.

Max Verstappen will be out of the team, it has be🃏e🐷n claimed, yet Perez will prove his doubters wrong and earn a new contract.

As for Verstappen’s replacement?

L’Equipe journalist Fred Ferret🐎 was asked on the podcast before the F1 Australian Grand Prix to predict Red Bull’s driver duo next year, and answered: “ไI would bet on Liam Lawson and Checo Perez!”

Verstappen is📖 contracted to Red Bull until 2028 but a contract clause reportedly allows him to leave, if Helmut🤡 Marko departs the team. Although Verstappen has pledged loyalty to Red Bull.

⛄Mercedes have been flirting with the idea of recr☂uiting their rival to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton in 2025.

Perez, meanwhile, faces a year of ༺scrutiny to earn an extension to his Red Bull contract which expires at the end of this🥀 year.

And the talented prospect Lawson, who impressed as a replacement for the injur🍌ed Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri l🌱ast season, has been sensationally predicted as a replacement for Verstappen.

N🐭atalie Pinkham reacted to the shock prediction: “It's all about the dynamic.

“I can see that you have ༺to be strategic with this, if you are second to Max. That's frankly what you will be, if you join the team and he is still there.

“You've got to be strategic in terms of your career. We꧅'ve seen so man🍬y fall by the wayside who have partnered him.

“You shouldn't be lured by the attraction of going t🃏o what is clearly the fastest car, at the moment, if you're going to get crushed by Verstappen.

“I beli🐷eve Max will be there. But stranger things have happened.

“And, if he is still there, I can see them putting in a young and inexperienced driver alon🎃gside the𒁏m.”

But Pinkham’s pick for Red Bull’s 2025 line-up is ♌Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo.

“You know I'd love Daniel to be bac⛎k in the Red Bull,” she said.

“I think he's at a stage of his career whe🧔re he could absolutely handle it.

“Ironically I th📖ink Daniel could put up a better performance in a Red Bull than he is now in an RB.

“ജHe knows that car. It suits him. He's proven himself in it.

“Form is temporary, talent is permanent.

“Why wouldn't you want to close out your career at the best t🐭eam?

“I do think he'd be a good fit for Max. He's mature and experiencꩵed, he wouldn't be phased by Max in the same way. He'd be prepared to play the team game.”