Mirror Sport understands Liam Lawson needs to start performing for Red Bull Racing swiftly or face losing the seat alongside Max Verstappen he was only handed in December

Red Bull can be brutal with their in-season driver swaps. Lawson was the beneficiary of their decision to get rid of Daniel Ricciardo mid-way through last year. Ricciardo made a mid-season comeback when Red Bull replaced Nyck de Vries a year earlier. So Lawson might feel the heat from Tsunoda breathing down his neck.