Liam Lawson stated he’s astonished by how shortly Crimson Bull have propelled him into their System 1 driver line-up for subsequent yr.
The workforce confirmed yesterday Lawson will accomplice Max Verstappen in 2025. Lawson started the yr as a reserve driver for the workforce and began his first F1 race in October for RB after they dropped Daniel Ricciardo from their line-up. “It’s been a loopy six months,” Lawson stated.
“Six months in the past I used to be not likely positive the way it was going to work out,” he advised the official Crimson Bull channel. “Clearly I hoped to get a seat. Six months later to be able now to be going into this workforce, it’s very thrilling. Clearly it’s going to be loads of work forward, however I’m simply tremendous motivated to get into it.”
Lawson, who additionally began 5 rounds instead in 2023, stated that first grand prix was the spotlight of his return to F1 this yr. After beginning nineteenth on the grid on account of an influence unit penalty he climbed 10 locations to complete within the factors.
“Austin was actually cool,” he stated, “my debut as a essential driver, attending to run my very own quantity on the automotive that was one thing that was meaning lots to me. And coming from the again as properly, having a extremely cool race, scoring factors, that was most likely the spotlight.
“Nevertheless it’s been intense. Two triple headers to start out and end the season for me, that’s my complete season to date.”
The 20-year previous received promotion to Crimson Bull’s prime workforce regardless of solely having pushed in 11 rounds over the previous two years. “I haven’t really performed a full season, so I’ll be going into to subsequent yr and my first full season,” he stated.
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“So it’s going to be most likely fairly related studying new tracks, attempting to rise up to hurry as shortly as potential – simply with most likely much more eyes on me as properly.”
He’ll go up in opposition to Max Verstappen at Crimson Bull subsequent yr. Lawson stated the world champion has been supportive to date in his profession.
“Even after I was in Tremendous System and all the opposite classes – I feel Max is any individual that simply loves motorsport and watches loads of it – so he has at all times been form and supportive.
“Once I got here in final yr as a reserve after I was clearly feeling loads of stress and Zandvoort, he was any individual that was actually good to speak to. So it’s cool to go up in opposition to him and have him as a workforce mate. There’s no one higher to study from.”
Whereas Lawson stated his final objective is to win the championship for himself, his instant precedence will probably be to assist Crimson Bull regain the constructors’ trophy they misplaced to McLaren this yr.
“Clearly, as System 1 drivers, all of us have one objective that we share and that’s successful a world championship,” he stated. “So that’s my objective, that’s been my objective since I used to be a child and needed to be a System 1 driver and clearly now I’m in a terrific place.
“It’s undoubtedly not what I anticipate coming in, I don’t anticipate to come back in and go immediately and win a world championship. I do know that the workforce’s objective is clearly the constructors and that’s what I’m right here to do, I’m right here to assist obtain that.
“However personally, for me, it’s attempting to be in a aggressive place as shortly as potential. Clearly I’ve bought one of the best man as my workforce mate to study from.”
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