Red Bull to make shock driver change for British GP as public apology issued after disastrous Austrian race

Red Bull are set to make a change to their driver line-up ahead of the British Grand Prix after an apology was issued on the back of the latest race in Austria.

Over the weekend, a large number of fans descended onto the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, as the 2025 Formula 1 season continued.

The Austrian Grand Prix is the home race of Red Bull, with fans hoping to see Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda fighting at the front of the grid.

However, having qualified seventh and 18th respectively, the Red Bull drivers had a tough job on their hands.

On Sunday, Verstappen's race lasted less than one lap after he was taken out by Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli, who collided with the Red Bull after locking up going into Turn 3.

Meanwhile, Tsunoda had a coming together with Alpine driver Franco Colapinto and ended up finishing the race in last place.

After the race, Tsunoda issued an apology. He said: "The collision with Franco was my bad, obviously, the situation I was in, I think it was quite a poor move. Massive apologies to the team [for] how I ended up, and also at the same time, the pace itself was pretty poor as well.

"Not sure what I'm doing completely wrong, to be honest. But the pace data between the level I have to be at is massive. So at the same time, obviously, I'm working hard to find the reasons of what's the issue causing this."

The Japanese added: "But even we see going through the data it's hard to find, even for the engineers it's really hard to find in terms of driving style difference with Max.

"Maybe I have to [look] from a different kind of view. But for now, it's hard to find the reasons, but we have to find it anyway."

Max Verstappen was forced to retire during Lap One at the Austrian Grand Prix. Image: Getty

Red Bull to make driver change for British Grand Prix weekend

This weekend, F1 will move on to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and ahead of the race, a driver change will take place at Red Bull.

Highly rated youngster Arvid Lindblad will be behind the wheel of Tsunoda's car for the first practice session of the British Grand Prix.

The 17-year-old was recently granted a superlicense by the sport's governing body, the FIA, and will make his F1 debut this weekend.

It is mandatory that F1 teams allow their rookies to take part in four FP1 sessions during the course of a season.