Horner explains brutal Red Bull decision to drop Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda - Follow all the latest news from the world of F1 with Lawson’s time at Red Bull ending after just two races

Verstappen was able to fight for the title thanks to his considerable skill in the car. But the team lost out to both McLaren and Ferrari in the constructors' standings, something that will have had a very considerable impact upon the end-of-year bonuses for Red Bull's hundreds of employees.

That’s where Red Bull is with Liam Lawson at present and, if I was in Christian Horner’s shoes right now, I’d be sticking with Liam Lawson with the medium-to-long-term future in mind, rather than a reactive short-term desire to immediately try again with another candidate.