Greg Murphy: motorsport expert on Liam Lawson being dropped by Red Bull

Liam Lawson has reportedly been dropped by his Red Bull team - just two races into the Formula One season.

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf claim Lawson will be swapped with Yuki Tsunoda for the next race in Japan.

Motorsport expert Greg Murphy says meetings have taken place regarding the future of Red Bull's drivers - but no official release has been sent out yet.

"Until there's an official Red Bull release, we'll just sit tight and wait and see. It sounds pretty drastic, to be fair - it's been a challenging start for Liam."

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Liam Lawson and f one this Dutch newspaper to Telegraph
reporting he's been dropped by Red Bull and will be
replaced by Yuki Sonoda in Japan. Greg Murphy is a
motorsport legend. He's with us tonight. Hi Greg, Yeah, good
do you? First of all, do you buy this report?
Is it credible?

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (00:20):
It's very difficult these days, certainly referencing Formula one knowing
what to believe. It could well be. Unfortunately, there has
been a meeting about all things red Bull and their
drivers and moving forward, and doctor Helmut Marco likes to
leak things to the media before they've announced fully, so

(00:42):
potentially maybe that is what's happened.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
But until there's an official Red Bull release, we'll just sit.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
Tight and and wait and see it sounds it sounds
pretty drastic to be fair.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yes, it's been.

Speaker 3 (00:58):
A challenging start for Liam, but two rounds in we
are going into the Japanese Grand pri next week.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yuki Sonoda is a Japanese driver.

Speaker 3 (01:08):
Maybe they've decided they want to do that for that
event to get more attention.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Who knows.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
It is an interesting bizarre world. Formula one and certainly
Red Bull make it even more bizarre with some of
the decisions and some of the things they do.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Is if this is true, let's assume that for a
second and they do drop him, could they drop him
for justice one rate and then bring him back.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
Well again, anything is possible, absolutely anything. So if they
are going to do what they say, he's you know,
he's probably going to end up in the VCR. But
if that's the case, and if that's the case, well,
that car has proven to be quite driveable and actually
quite competitive so far in twenty twenty five the first

(01:52):
two rounds. The thing that's let them down as their
strategic sort of plays, which has cost the team a
number of points for both their drive. So if he
does end up in that car, it's a team he knows, well,
there's a good chance he's going to perform, probably performed
quite well, because that car is looking like it's easier
to drive and performing quite well at the moment compared
to the difficulty that the RB twenty one that Max

(02:14):
for Stepan and Liam are currently driving. How difficult that
car is by the looks of it and also by
what has been reported by Max for steppin On saying
how difficult that car is to drive, so who knows,
who knows what will happen, but there's a lot of
evolution that that team needs to have because if Max
for Steppin's not winning, that means that car is not
anywhere near where it needs to be. Because he is

(02:35):
the best driver in the world at the moment. You know,
all the stats say it. He's proven that time and
time again. And if he's not winning in the Red Bull,
that means that car is not where it needs to be.
And it's obviously been found to be a lot tougher
for Liam to get hold of.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
And wrap his head around.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
And Max is so experienced and does have an innate
set of skills which is allowing him to still be
competitive and it's.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
A shock to me Liam is pinning it so hard.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
In a tough position to be in too. Greg, thank
you very much for that analysis. Greg Murphy, who's a
motorsport legend, with us on the show talking Liam Lawson.
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