Red Bull h💃ave been told that potentially replacing Sergio Perez is a “delicate process”.

The infamously ruthless F1 constructors’ champions axed Daniel Ricciardo from their RB sister team in favour of Liam Laওwson this season.

But they backed Perez at the midway stage w🐻hen he was under immense pressure to lose his race seat.

Lawso🌠n’s presence on the F1 grid me🉐ans he can effectively audition for Perez’s seat in 2025.

Williams' Franco Colapinto has also been linke🙈d with a Red Bull move.

“He’s got to beat Yuki Tsunoda comprehensively,” Anthony Davidson🔜 told the Sky F1 podcast abou♔t Lawson.

“He’s got to wow Red Bull to give them the confidence that t𓃲hey’re look𝐆ing for, to potentially replace Perez.

“That will take some convincing because he has꧃ stood the te🉐st of time so far.

“He’s a good teammate for Max. Max enjoys 𒅌having h▨im there. He’s a known quantity for Max.

“You don’t want so🌼meone rocking the es🌱tablishment. It’s a delicate process that Red Bull are going through.

“It’s exciting that they’ve got this young driver, Lawson, that has come along. They do ha൲ve young drivers waiting in the wings, it is proof that the Red Bull young driver programme does work.

“Look at other categories - Jean Eric Vergne, Sebastien Buemi, Anton🔥io Felix Da Costa - who have gone on to be world champions in their own right. Proof that it works.

“Wheth🌄er the🦩y are given enough time or not when they arrive in F1? That’s a different question.

“Maybe that side of things isn’t managed as well.

“But it’s a diffic🍨ult process, it’s hard to be in their position with these super talents waiting in the wings.”

Perez is contracted for 2025 but the scr💮utiny on his performances will not relent.

His ba🧜d patch of form midway through this year allowed McLaren and Ferrari to overtake Red Bull in the constructor🌊s’.