'Red Bull plays with young drivers' careers and futures nonchalantly'

With Lawson's form preventing him to start the season off on the right foot, the Kiwi driver was shown the door at Red Bull Racing after only two races, an approach Danner does not agree with, as he stated in an interview with AvD Motorsport Magazine.

'They replaced Perez and Lawson's doing worse'

"Red Bull has a double problem. It's not enough up front for Max to win races. That's the biggest problem on the surface. But it's also very difficult at the back.

"It was thought that Sergio Perez had forgotten how to drive and so he was replaced by a young savage. And what happened? The results that Lawson brings together are even worse. You have to look very closely. What’s really happening?"

'What Verstappen wants makes the car undriveable for normal drivers'

Remembering Alexander Albon's comments in an interview with the High Performance podcast, where the Thai driver speaks about the development direction Red Bull Racing follows, focused on Max Verstappen's input, Danner is reminded of the situation seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher's teammates faced.

“At the beginning you think you can drive it, but the longer you drive it, the more undriveable it becomes for people who don’t have the talent to drive a car around the track with just the front axle.

“That reminds me of what Gerhard Berger and Johnny Herbert, who drove with Michael Schumacher, told me.

“Gerhard took over Michael’s Benetton and said he got in and thought someone was trying to kill him. The car was absolutely undriveable, but Michael won the World Championship with it.

“It’s a question of driving style. It’s a philosophy that obviously only very, very, very few Formula 1 racing drivers have mastered.

“That doesn’t mean that another driver with a different style can’t drive just as fast. But what Verstappen demands from his car is undriveable for normal drivers.

“What should the team do? Listen to the top man and continue to ensure that he gets what he wants?

“Or make the whole thing a bit more rounded so that the second driver also benefits?”

'Doesn't matter who you put in the RB21, they won't cope'

 Regarding the decision to put Tsunoda in for Lawson, the former F1 driver doesn't think it'll help matters much, and claims Red Bull's technical team should then change their car, instead of having the leadership continue to 'play with F1 drivers' careers and futures'.

"I don't think it will be fundamentally different, even if you put Tsunoda in or someone else.

"I stick to my guns: it doesn't matter who you put in the car, they will all have the same problems. I would rather change the car than keep swapping drivers.

"The careers and also the future of young Formula 1 drivers are being played around with quite nonchalantly here. I'm sure Tsunoda is questioning whether he really wants to drive the Red Bull.

"The problem is simply that Max Verstappen needs or wants a car that his team-mates can't drive. How the team deals with this is a fundamental decision and ultimately also an internal political problem between Christian Horner and Helmut Marko.

"I would urge my technical team to design the car so that top juniors, top people can drive it.

"Verstappen drives faster than everyone else, even with a different car, I'm sure of that.

"[Lawson has] been very fast with everything he's driven. And now all of a sudden he's supposed to have forgotten how to do it?

"You have to take a very close look and analyse it very carefully."