All eyes will be on a strikingly different Red Bull car this weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix, as Yuki Tsunoda makes his debut for the team in a special one-off white livery, celebrating long-term backers Honda. The Japanese racer has replaced Liam Lawson, who was dropped back into the Racing Bulls squad after failing to score a point or make it out of Q1 in either of his first two Grand Prix weekends. Red Bull are now already facing a significant deficit to McLaren in both World Championships.

With two rounds of the 2025 season behind us, Lando Norris is the early pacesetter. He won the season opener in Melbourne and finished second to team-mate Oscar Piastri in Shanghai, meaning he sits eight points clear of Max Verstappen heading into the Japanese GP.

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