Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has branded reports about his father Jos Verstappen being a distraction to Red Bull as 'nonsense.' Jos, who is also a former Form

One day after dropping Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing officially picked 22-year-old Liam Lawson to be Max Verstappen's teammate next season.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko recently addressed the departure of Sergio Pérez from the team, attributing it largely to a disconnect between Pérez's

Perez may also have one eye on 2026, with the new Cadillac team already hinting that they will want an experienced F1 racer to sit alongside a young American star when they join the grid. With 281 grand prix starts, 36 podiums and six grand prix victories, Perez certainly fits the bill of being an experienced F1 driver.

The move, which has been rumored since Perez signed an extension this summer, leaves a major opening on the 2025 F1 grid.

And if Red Bull had have started working on taming their RB20 which had become “very difficult to drive” sooner, then Verstappen feels that would have been a major help for Pe