Red Bull told to snub Franco Colapinto and replace Sergio Perez with another F1 star

Red Bull indispensable determine whether to honour Sergio Perez's declaration oregon to regenerate him for 2025, either with RB racer Liam Lawson oregon with an outer signing similar Franco Colapinto

Red Bull person been advised to effort a bold swoop for Carlos Sainz to spouse Max Verstappen adjacent season.

Team main Christian Horner is weighing up what his operator line-up volition look similar adjacent year. Sergio Perez was handed a declaration hold for the 2025 run earlier this twelvemonth but his signifier has dropped disconnected a cliff since.

Red Bull person not yet decided whether oregon not to determination connected and bring successful idiosyncratic new. However, arsenic the Mexican's results look apt to outgo them the constructors' rubric this year, they are making preparations for beingness without Perez successful the future.

Liam Lawson could beryllium successful the framework for a promotion from sister squad RB, oregon they could motion idiosyncratic to travel consecutive into the Red Bull Racing squad. Either way, they are looking astatine outer candidates and person been successful negotiations with Williams implicit Franco Colapinto.

The Argentine has performed good since helium was brought successful mid-season to regenerate the struggling Logan Sargeant. However, arsenic Williams had already signed Sainz to spouse Alex Albon adjacent season, it was made wide from the precise opening that Colapinto's stint would lone beryllium a impermanent one.

Williams brag James Vowles has been trying to find the 21-year-old a spot elsewhere and Red Bull are intelligibly keen. However, erstwhile F1 racer Juan Pablo Montoya believes Horner's squad should alternatively by trying to hold a woody to instrumentality Sainz, leaving abstraction for Colapinto with his existent outfit.

"If I were Christian Horner and the manager of Red Bull, I would spell to Williams and say, 'Look, you are blessed with Colapinto, support him and springiness maine Sainz," Montoya, who raced 68 times and won connected 4 occasions portion racing successful F1 for Williams, told W Radio Colombia.

"Why americium I going to instrumentality the hazard of replacing Checo, who is experienced successful Formula 1 and has won races, to enactment a rookie against Max? A rookie against Albon is tough, but you tin bash it. And look astatine Albon, whenever helium has been nether unit and has had a accelerated team-mate helium has crashed and continues to bash so.

"Max does not marque mistakes and helium does not fail, truthful it is complicated. Personally, if I were Christian, I would accidental to him, 'Do you similar Colapinto truthful overmuch and bash you privation to marque him grow?' Knowing Carlos, I deliberation helium has told Williams that helium signed for them, but if helium does not triumph oregon bash podiums, if idiosyncratic offers maine something, each twelvemonth I tin leave.

"Then [Red Bull] could accidental to [Williams], 'You tin suffer Carlos present oregon successful a year, present you get wealth and adjacent twelvemonth you get nary money'. If it was similar that, that is the determination I would marque for Red Bull. I would not spell for Colapinto, I would spell for Carlos."