Horner wants Colapinto to team up with Verstappen at Red Bull, Marco is in favor of Lawson (Autosport)
13.11.2024
The Red Bull management did not agree on the lineup of the pilots.
According to Autosport, the Red Bull team continues negotiations with Williams and wants to complete the deal for the transfer of Franco Colapinto.
At the same time, the Red Bull management has different opinions about the lineup of both teams (Red Bull and RB).
So, according to the publication’s sources, advisor and curator of the Red Bull youth program Helmut Marko is in favor of making Max Verstappen a partner in the main team of Liam Lawson. And send Colapinto to play for RB in the first season.
Marco considers this a preferable option since Lawson is a member of the Red Bull youth program. And that in the current situation, Colapinto’s transfer directly to the main team, bypassing Lawson, would be a blow to Red Bull’s young driver development program.
At the same time, Red Bull team leader Christian Horner is an ardent supporter of the idea of making Franco Colapinto Verstappen`s partner. An important factor on our site is the huge popularity of the Argentinean in Central and South America. And Horner, even taking into account Colapinto’s current less experience in Formula 1 than Lawson, considers the risk well founded.
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