1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Liam Lawson and f one this Dutch newspaper to Telegraph 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: reporting he's been dropped by Red Bull and will be 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: replaced by Yuki Sonoda in Japan. Greg Murphy is a 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: motorsport legend. He's with us tonight. Hi Greg, Yeah, good 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: do you? First of all, do you buy this report? 6 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Is it credible? 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 2: Oh? 8 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 3: It's very difficult these days, certainly referencing Formula one knowing 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 3: what to believe. It could well be. Unfortunately, there has 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 3: been a meeting about all things red Bull and their 11 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 3: drivers and moving forward, and doctor Helmut Marco likes to 12 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 3: leak things to the media before they've announced fully, so 13 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 3: potentially maybe that is what's happened. 14 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 2: But until there's an official Red Bull release, we'll just sit. 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 3: Tight and and wait and see it sounds it sounds 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 3: pretty drastic to be fair. 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 2: Yes, it's been. 18 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 3: A challenging start for Liam, but two rounds in we 19 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 3: are going into the Japanese Grand pri next week. 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: Yuki Sonoda is a Japanese driver. 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: Maybe they've decided they want to do that for that 22 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 3: event to get more attention. 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: Who knows. 24 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 3: It is an interesting bizarre world. Formula one and certainly 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 3: Red Bull make it even more bizarre with some of 26 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 3: the decisions and some of the things they do. 27 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: Is if this is true, let's assume that for a 28 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: second and they do drop him, could they drop him 29 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: for justice one rate and then bring him back. 30 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 3: Well again, anything is possible, absolutely anything. So if they 31 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: are going to do what they say, he's you know, 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 3: he's probably going to end up in the VCR. But 33 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 3: if that's the case, and if that's the case, well, 34 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: that car has proven to be quite driveable and actually 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 3: quite competitive so far in twenty twenty five the first 36 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: two rounds. The thing that's let them down as their 37 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 3: strategic sort of plays, which has cost the team a 38 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 3: number of points for both their drive. So if he 39 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 3: does end up in that car, it's a team he knows, well, 40 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 3: there's a good chance he's going to perform, probably performed 41 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,519 Speaker 3: quite well, because that car is looking like it's easier 42 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: to drive and performing quite well at the moment compared 43 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 3: to the difficulty that the RB twenty one that Max 44 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 3: for Stepan and Liam are currently driving. How difficult that 45 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: car is by the looks of it and also by 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,839 Speaker 3: what has been reported by Max for steppin On saying 47 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: how difficult that car is to drive, so who knows, 48 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 3: who knows what will happen, but there's a lot of 49 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,079 Speaker 3: evolution that that team needs to have because if Max 50 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 3: for Steppin's not winning, that means that car is not 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 3: anywhere near where it needs to be. Because he is 52 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 3: the best driver in the world at the moment. You know, 53 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: all the stats say it. He's proven that time and 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 3: time again. And if he's not winning in the Red Bull, 55 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 3: that means that car is not where it needs to be. 56 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 3: And it's obviously been found to be a lot tougher 57 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 3: for Liam to get hold of. 58 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: And wrap his head around. 59 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 3: And Max is so experienced and does have an innate 60 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 3: set of skills which is allowing him to still be 61 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 3: competitive and it's. 62 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 2: A shock to me Liam is pinning it so hard. 63 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 1: In a tough position to be in too. Greg, thank 64 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 1: you very much for that analysis. 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