The hard lessons Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson learned after swapping F1 seats

In recent years the second Formula 1 seat at Red Bull has become the proverbial poisoned chalice – coveted by many, and yet ultimately toxic.

Mid-season driver changes have almost become the norm, a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ – and while the faces change, the difficulty in exploiting the car’s theoretical potential remains an ominous common denominator.