👀 Helmut Marko believes Nikola Tsolov should get the Racing Bulls seat over Liam Lawson in 2027! “We don’t buy stars, we make stars.” Marko says Red Bull’s philosophy of developing young drivers means the decision between Lawson and Tsolov should go in the Bulgarian’s favour. Despite Lawson’s strong 2026 performances, his future at Racing Bulls remains uncertain. (via. @krone_at) #F1
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Oct 28, 2026 · 5:07 AM UTC

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Liam has had an amazing season. He deserves a race seat.
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Who is WE old man? You’re not in the gang anymore
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Fucking clown he is. Sure Tsolov is good but firing Liam after a season like this would be nuts
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I am a Yuki fan, but Liam deserves a seat and Marko’s take is insane 😂
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Is Lawson not a star? Is he not one of the best to race for racing bulls? Would any of the top 8 drivers have done better than him in a racing bulls car this year?
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You have Stroll, Perez, Bottas, and arguably Albon who should go before Lawson IMO.
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もしマルコがまだレッドブルにいたなら、ローソンを追い出すために色々な嫌がらせを仕掛けていただろうな。 去年角田を追い出した時の様に。
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What, drop the guy that's keeping Racing Bulls relevant, dominated F2, and can clearly can go quicker with a better car, for someone coming 2nd in F2? Time for Marko to given a seat at the retirement home!
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Lawson is killing it this season. He is the best of the rest right now even with 3 races in an unfamiliar car.
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Helmut is a massive helmet.
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Hypocritical: Tsunoda 4 years Gasly 5+ years
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Agree 💯 look at this guy!!! He will be the biggest star on the F1 grid!!
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the way red bull keeps pretending its a meritocracy when its literally just vibes and marketing is so funny to me. lawson out here actually performing and marko is like "but what about the new shiny thing" lmao classic
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The guy who piastri couldnt get a pass on in the spanish gp, LL can obviously hang with the top drivers given time to adjust
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Marko proving that he was the reason the seat rotated more than a clock
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Well we are not Marko, so we back Lawson alongside Lindblad
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There's a reason why Marko got kicked out of RB
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Absolutely disagree here I for one hopes that Liam one day ends up in the WEC, he’s already shown what he can do in sports cars with the little experience he has in them. But he’s earned his place in formula one and shut the naysayers up in the process
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The thing is he has no say anymore, he has no influence and is irrelevant at this point
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Marko is everything wrong with redbull
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While Tsolov has enjoyed an impressive debut F2 season, Lawson has also delivered strong performances in F1 this year—making him the stronger choice to retain for 2027.
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If space should be made for Tsolov (which it shouldn’t) then Lindblad isn’t the one that deserves to stay on
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No one cares what Helmut thinks he’s not there anymore
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I wanted Liam and Nikola to drive in F1; I am a Bulgarian who is living in New Zealand. But the reality is that Racing Bulls is about the new generation and the Red Bull programme- a catch-22. If they do not give Tsolov a seat in 2027, they will give it to the new generation, a bad signal.
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Keep Lawson. Why not send Lindblad home instead?
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Liam deserves his seat, is stupid think that the young and the New things are always better
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Helmut Marko needs to go away.
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Best of the rest in a middle pack car and you can't retain a seat? Marko will do anything to prove his junior program works, Hadjar is the closest thing to a successful example if getting podiums is the criteria. But I think Antonelli's success is getting to the old man.
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Tossing out their just established top points scorer to try get another young person in that they will eventually ruin and toss aside for the next one - the Helmut Marko playbook
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Well I guess it makes sense why he dropped Danny Ric if you line up with this logic
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There's a reason the old man is not in Red Bull anymore
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Luckily he cant decide that anymore
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Marko should shut the fuck up way more than he does.
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The fact that Liam Lawson is performing so well this season with 2nd rate equipment & he still cant gt any certainty & nw is having his car given to Teslov for a practice session while Linblad sits pretty is disgusting. RB should be ashamed. This how they operate in all business?
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Lawson has crushed it this yr. Maybe Marko should help the car and pu development side source talent
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Lawson is 24. Not young?
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