Max Verstappen believes the identity of his teammate next season "won’t matter" as long as Red Bull can produce a fast car.

Red Bull expects Liam Lawson to closely match Max Verstappen's performance within three-tenths of a second as he joins the senior team in 2025, replacing Sergio Perez.

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has explained why the team opted against promoting Yuki Tsunoda, despite him being “faster” than Liam Lawson. Lawson got the nod over Tsunoda to replace the axed Sergio Perez for 2025, with the 22-year-old New Zealander becoming Max Verstappen ’s fifth teammate since he joined Red Bull in 2016.

Liam Lawson will race alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing in 2025 for the first time but the two know each other well as the Kiwi has been an academy member for years

Max Verstappen has insisted the driver in the sister Red Bull is less important to the team’s Formula 1 title prospects in 2025 than the competitiveness of its RB21. Verstappen seized his fourth consecutive Drivers’ Championship in 2024, but Red Bull lost out on the Constructors’ crown amid Sergio Perez’s persistent struggles.

Red Bull expect Liam Lawson to be within three tenths of Max Verstappen throughout the 2025 F1 season. That is according to Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko, who has laid down the expectations for Lawson before he steps up to the Red Bull senior team in 2025.

Red Bull senior adviser Dr Helmut Marko has revealed the gap the organisation will accept between Kiwi Liam Lawson and world champion Max Verstappen when t

Had Dietrich Mateschitz still been at the Red Bull helm when the F1 2024 in-fighting broke out, he would have soon nipped it in the bud. That is the claim of Red Bull’s reigning four-time World Champion Max Verstappen,