Red Bull shareholders to make final call on Lawson’s 2027 Racing Bulls seat

Chalerm Yoovidhya and Mark Mateschitz will make the final decision on Liam Lawson’s 2027 Racing Bulls seat, following a recommendation from Oliver Mintzlaff, Peter Bayer and Alan Permane, according to a RacingNews365 analysis. Lawson is still waiting to learn whether he will remain with the team.

RacingNews365 identifies six figures as central to the line-up process: the two shareholders, Mintzlaff, Bayer, Permane and Laurent Mekies, Red Bull’s F1 team principal and CEO. Mintzlaff is Red Bull GmbH’s CEO of Corporate Projects, Bayer is Racing Bulls’ CEO and Permane its team principal.

Lawson and Arvid Lindblad are Racing Bulls’ incumbents, while F2 title contender Nikola Tsolov is seeking promotion to F1. RacingNews365 regards a second season for Lindblad as all but secured after an impressive rookie campaign, leaving Lawson and Tsolov as the likely contenders for the other 2027 seat.

The decision-making structure has changed since the previous arrangement, when Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko and former Red Bull team principal and CEO Christian Horner oversaw the four Red Bull-backed F1 seats. RacingNews365 says both are now out of the decision-making picture. Yoovidhya owns 51% of Red Bull’s shares and Mateschitz the remaining 49%, according to the analysis.