Official: Red Bull confirms Lawson as Verstappen's teammate in 2025

Red Bull Racing has finally made their decision: Liam Lawson will be Max Verstappen's new teammate in the 2025 Formula 1 season after the team said goodbye to Sergio Perez yesterday.

Lawson at Red Bull in 2025

All signs were already pointing in Lawson's direction, but now Red Bull has made it official: the young New Zealander will replace Perez in 2025, becoming Verstappen's new teammate. He is promoted from the sister team where Yuki Tsunoda will still race, and therefore, he has been chosen over the Japanese driver to make the big move.

Red Bull announced the news the day after Perez announced his retirement from the Austrian F1 team. That announcement followed internal talks between Perez and the team, from which the driver concluded, according to team boss Christian Horner, that he would take a year off. The Mexican would, however, remain attached to the team in another role.

This article was written in collaboration with Olly Darcy

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