Red Bull will support struggling Liam Lawson as best they can, team boss Christian Horner said after the New Zealander drew a blank for the second race in a row in China on Sunday with questions being asked about his Formula One future.

Liam Lawson’s difficult start to the 2025 Formula 1 season continued at the Chinese Grand Prix. After qualifying 18th and crashing out of the Australian Grand Prix, Lawson qualified in P20 for both the F1 Sprint race and the Grand Prix itself in Shanghai,

Tsunoda was initially overlooked by Red Bull for a 2025 F1 promotion as the team instead opted to promote Lawson as the axed Sergio Perez’s replacement. That was despite Lawson completing just 11 grands prix spread over two years for Racing Bulls and his failure to convincingly out-perform Tsunoda.