A couple of weeks ago, Formula 1’s driver market had been expected to quickly fall into place once the first domino of Carlos Sainz’s choice for 2025 fell into place. As F1 left the Monaco Grand Prix, the options for the Spaniard had appeared to pretty much distil down to a straight choice between Williams and Sauber/Audi.
While this is billed as a marketing exercise, there is little doubt that the engineers will be poring over his data to try to get a gauge of where he stacks up in taming the RB20. Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB20, Daniel Ricciardo, RB F1 Team VCARB 01 Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images If Lawson is deemed not up to it yet, then on paper, Sainz would appear to be another obvious choice for Red Bull.