Liam Lawson joins a long list of athletes and coaches who will think they should have been given more time with their teams

Liam Lawson has broken his silence after his sudden demotion from Red Bull to its junior Formula One team, Racing Bulls, following the Chinese Grand Prix. As F1 heads to Japan's Suzuka Circuit this weekend, Lawson admitted that he "wasn't expecting" the setback.

Here's what Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix qualifying has told us about Red Bull's controversial Lawson - Tsunoda swap so far

Even for a team with a reputation for making sudden midseason driver swaps, to move this early in the year feels abrupt.