Max Verstappen shows support for Liam Lawson after Red Bull ‘crushed his spirit’

Max Verstappen has a fifth Formula 1 team-mate since 2019 now that Red Bull have decided to replace Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda just two races into the new season

Max Verstappen appears to have been against Red Bull’s decision to axe Liam Lawson as his team-mate. The Kiwi only drove alongside him for the first two rounds of the new Formula 1 season but, after he failed to score a point in either Melbourne or Shanghai, the team has acted.

Lawson has been dropped back down to sister team Racing Bulls and Yuki Tsunoda has been promoted to replace him. The change will take immediate effect meaning Verstappen will have a new team-mate at the Japanese Grand Prix on April 6.

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