Although there’s no talk of Isack Hadjar replacing Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull this season, that hypothetical situation was put to Nico Rosberg, who was adamant the Racing Bulls driver should say “no way”.

Despite dropping Liam Lawson in favour of Yuki Tsunoda early this season, Red Bull’s driver change hasn’t improved the team’s position in the Constructors’ Championship with Max Verstappen single-handedly holding down fourth place.

Isack Hadjar warned: Do you know how risky that is?

The reigning World Champion, who added a third grand prix wins to his season’s tally last time out at Monza, has 230 of Red Bull’s 239 points with Tsunoda bringing in nine in his 14 starts since joining from Red Bull.

Such have been Tsunoda’s struggles in the RB21 that he is the lowest-placed driver from the

See Full Page