Purple Bull “can be open” to loaning Liam Lawson to Williams for the Italian Grand Prix, based on Christian Horner.
Williams has sounded out the provision of potential replacements for Logan Sargeant ought to it make a mid-season change to its driver lineup, following an costly crash for Sargeant throughout FP3 on the Dutch Grand Prix. Lawson is known to be one such identify on the record, and Horner says he’s not towards Lawson driving one other automotive on quick discover however would need him to nonetheless be accessible to the 2 Purple Bull groups as a reserve driver if required.
“It might rely upon which phrases and if we wanted him again that we may have him again fairly shortly,” Horner stated. “However we’d actually… in the event that they wanted a driver subsequent weekend, we’d be open to that. However that’s a Williams query fairly than one for us to reply.”
RACER understands it was not simply Purple Bull that was approached to know potential driver availability, however Williams refused to be drawn on whether or not a change may very well be made as quickly as subsequent weekend’s race at Monza.
“We aren’t going to get into hypothesis,” a crew spokesperson stated. “There have been lots of false rumors about Logan and his seat this yr. As James [Vowles] maintains, F1 is a meritocracy however as a crew we’re targeted on delivering the very best leads to the upcoming races.”
Sargeant will cease racing for Williams in 2025 when he’s changed by Carlos Sainz, who has signed a multi-year deal to affix Alex Albon on the crew.
