This farcical Red Bull dance all started with DeVries. They should never have gone for him, and Lawson should have gotten that whole season from the start. They also should have ignored the whole Daniel Ricciardo Redemption Project. Had they done things properly they’d have plenty of clear data by the end of last season of which of Yuki and Lawson is better and consequently deserves to replace Checo.

The drivers that seem to have a good support system - Antonelli and Bearman - are currently faring better than Lawson and Doohan who are under heaps of pressure.

They’re also just more highly rated. I’m not saying Lawson is the new Mazepin, but neither he nor Doohan had particularly impressive junior careers.