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Recent mid-season race-seat changes
Liam Lawson — Red Bull, 2025
Red Bull dropped Lawson after the first two rounds of 2025 and promoted Yuki Tsunoda from Racing Bulls. Lawson moved into Tsunoda’s Racing Bulls seat. The Associated Press reported that Lawson had scored no points and qualified last in China; team principal Christian Horner said Red Bull had made an early switch. Those are the reported circumstances, not proof that one result alone caused the decision. Associated Press report on Lawson’s replacement.
Jack Doohan — Alpine, 2025
Alpine replaced Doohan with Franco Colapinto after the Miami Grand Prix, the sixth race of the season. An Associated Press report published in February 2026 confirms the timing. The cited reporting does not establish a definitive team-stated reason for the change; separate reporting about threats and online abuse should not be treated as an explanation for Alpine’s decision. Associated Press report on Doohan’s departure.
Nyck de Vries — AlphaTauri, 2023
AlphaTauri replaced de Vries with Daniel Ricciardo after de Vries failed to score in the first ten races. Horner described the team’s assessment this way: “I think there was a general feeling that Nyck wasn’t quite hitting the mark.” This is Horner’s explanation of the team’s view, not an independently measured verdict on de Vries’s performance. Formula 1 report, July 18, 2023.
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Earlier reported examples
Jolyon Palmer — Renault, 2017
Palmer left Renault ahead of the United States Grand Prix, and Carlos Sainz moved from Toro Rosso to take his seat. Formula 1’s retrospective describes the change as part of the 2017 driver swaps. The available account establishes the timing and replacement, but does not provide a sufficiently detailed, attributed reason to state why Renault made the decision. Formula 1 retrospective on driver swaps.
Daniil Kvyat — Toro Rosso, 2017
Kvyat lost his Toro Rosso seat late in 2017 after earlier driver changes that season. Formula 1’s retrospective records the change, but the available material does not settle how to count it alongside Palmer’s departure in a strict list of ten sackings. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
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Rio Haryanto — Manor, 2016
A historical roundup reports that Haryanto was demoted after promised sponsorship was blocked. It says Esteban Ocon took his race seat. Because the supplied account is a secondary roundup rather than a dated team announcement or corroborating report, treat the explanation as reported rather than definitive. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
Nick Heidfeld — Lotus Renault, 2011
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Pedro de la Rosa — Sauber, 2010
The roundup reports that Heidfeld replaced de la Rosa. It does not provide a detailed, attributed explanation for Sauber’s decision. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
Sébastien Bourdais — Toro Rosso, 2009
The roundup says Jaime Alguersuari took Bourdais’s seat. It does not establish an attributed reason or the precise race timing. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
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Nelson Piquet Jr. — Renault, 2009
The roundup reports that Romain Grosjean replaced Piquet. It does not provide a team-stated reason or a precise race-date for the change. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
Scott Speed — Toro Rosso, 2007
The roundup says Sebastian Vettel replaced Speed. The supplied material does not give a sufficiently detailed, attributed explanation for the change. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
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Christijan Albers — Spyker, 2007
The roundup reports that Albers was replaced first by Markus Winkelhock and then by Sakon Yamamoto. That sequence makes the case different from a simple one-for-one permanent switch, and the available account does not provide further timing or an attributed reason. Historical roundup of mid-season driver changes.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why “the last ten” is not a settled list
The count changes with the definition. A strict list needs a consistent rule for whether to include demotions, successive replacements, and cases such as the two separate 2017 changes. The available sources establish recent examples and point to older ones, but do not verify one complete reverse-chronological set of exactly ten through 2026. Lawson and Doohan are the latest dated cases located here, not proof that no later 2026 seat change occurred.
There is also a difference between an event and the language used for it: reports may say a driver was dropped, replaced, switched or demoted. A driver can lose a particular seat without every source describing the decision as a firing. For that reason, the examples above identify the outgoing driver, replacement and reported context where available, and leave unconfirmed motives unstated.
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