Laurent Mekies: Liam Lawson’s fate has nothing to do with me

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies says it’s up to Racing Bulls whether to retain Liam Lawson or promote Nikola Tsolov to a race seat in the 2027 Formula 1 season.

Rookie Arvid Lindblad is set to get a second campaign in the world championship next year, but the identity of his team-mate has been uncertain. Formula 2 title contender Tsolov was the favourite to get the seat, but his form has dipped after six wins in the first half of the season, partly due to suboptimal qualifying performance.