Throughout the season, speculation has surrounded a possible dismissal of Sergio Perez at Red Bull Racing. Carlos Sainz was mentioned early in the season as one of the possible replacements. In the end, the Spaniard went to Williams and Liam Lawson replaced Perez. Windsor thinks Max Verstappen is one of the reasons Red Bull did not go for Sainz in the end, as he said during a livestream on his YouTube channel.