The Red Bull politics regarding Yuki Tsunoda (LINK) make complete and total sense as a tactical decision. They’re also nonsensical from any other perspective and absolutely designed to spite Tsunoda because of the headlines regarding him possibly going to Indycar (and working with Ohio’s finest, Meyer Shank Racing). Yuki was Honda’s boy, promoted due to Honda politics, and failed to prove himself when actually handed the keys. Regardless, Red Bull decided to keep him as the reserve driver for Red Bull, not Racing Bulls (their second tier team, for the uninitiated). Now, Red Bull’s #2 driver is injured - this is where you call up their reserve driver. So they’ve pulled Liam Lawson out of Racing Bulls for one race only and put Tsunoda in as the Racing Bulls reserve driver. A tactically designed insult. Undeniably Liam will place better than Yuki, but my desire to see VCARB eliminated/sold to anyone else has grown tenfold. This is not good sportsmanship.

P.S. - He had the impact of a wet napkin as a Red Bull driver, but I do genuinely like Yuki Tsunoda. I hope the rumors of him going to Indycar are true, and even more than that I wish him well in it. If RB wanted to fire him, they should have fired him.