The team, with a history of midseason switches, moved Lawson to Racing Bulls, their B team, while Tsunoda was added to Red Bull's lineup next to four-time champion Max Verstappen. Lawson netted zero points and qualified no greater than third-to-last in three tries.

Red Bull has come under fire from a former NASCAR Cup Series driver for parting ways with Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda.

Even for a team with a reputation for making sudden midseason driver swaps, to move this early in the year feels abrupt.