After facing a well-publicised sputtering in its pipeline of young talent, such that it hired the experienced Sergio Perez to partner Max Verstappen for four seasons, Red Bull now has more Formula 1 prospects coming through its system.
That, as ever, means peril for all the grand prix drivers on its books apart from Verstappen, since Dr Helmut Marko has always run the Junior Team on an up-or-out basis. Indeed, perhaps now more than ever, now Christian Horner is no longer part of the picture, for the two often had marked differences of opinion on policy decisions.
