Red Bull Racing and Sergio Perez have reached an agreement to part ways effective immediately, ending their four-year partnership.

Lawson was picked ahead of RB teammate Yuki Tsunoda for the promotion to Red Bull, while F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar takes Lawson’s spot as Tsunoda’s teammate for 2025. The 2025 F1 season starts on 16 March in Australia.

Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko points the finger solely at Sergio Perez for the title defeat which “hurt” the team. While Red Bull were unable to maintain their dominant ways in F1 2024 which had seen them storm to consecutive title doubles,

Perez had not won a race since April 2023, even as his teammate Max Verstappen has dominated F1, and was rarely competitive this season.

Pérez’s downturn in performance had big implications for Red Bull, which couldn’t defend the constructors’ championship.

Liam Lawson placed his “huge respect” for Sergio Perez on record after replacing him at Red Bull, as he readies to support a Constructors’ title push. Perez held on to his Red Bull seat against expectations over the 2024 summer break,

Liam Lawson will replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull next season, after the team agreed to part ways with the Mexican a year earlier than planned.

Sergio Perez and Red Bull Racing have come to a mutual decision to part ways immediately, marking the end of a four-year partnership that began in 2021. The Mex