Pink Bull have reportedly “already determined” that Liam Lawson will substitute Sergio Perez for the 2025 F1 season.
That’s in response to ESPN, who declare Perez’s extensively anticipated departure from Pink Bull will “probably” be confirmed earlier than Christmas.
Pink Bull are anticipated to make an announcement about their driver plans this week, with Perez set to be dropped after his terrible 2024 marketing campaign.
Perez’s abysmal performances have been largely liable for Pink Bull slipping to 3rd place within the constructors’ championship.
Lawson, who changed Daniel Ricciardo at RB from the US Grand Prix in October, is tipped to take Perez’s seat.
Pink Bull mentioned Perez’s future at a crunch assembly involving key shareholders on the Monday after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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The 34-year-old Mexican and Pink Bull have been locked in negotiations over precisely what the character of his exit will probably be.
Perez is beneath contract via to the tip of the 2026 season after Pink Bull opted handy him a two-year extension earlier this yr, one thing group principal Christian Horner lately admitted was a mistake.
ESPN report that discussions have centred round whether or not Perez desires to “stay on as an envoy in 2025 or stroll away from the Pink Bull firm totally”.
Lawson is about to get the nod to develop into Max Verstappen’s subsequent teammate regardless of making simply 11 appearances throughout two stints at Pink Bull’s sister group in 2023 and 2024.
The New Zealander’s anticipated promotion would open the door for Method 2 championship runner-up Isack Hadjar to take his RB seat alongside Tsunoda.
Pink Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko prompt an announcement on the group’s 2025 driver line-up plans can be made this week.
“We will probably be saying information on the motive force pairing for subsequent yr within the subsequent few days,” Marko wrote in his newest column for Speedweek.
“There’s a variety of hypothesis about this, together with rumours about doable switch charges, that are full nonsense.”
