Who is Liam Lawson? Red Bull's latest junior to make F1 debut
The 21-year-old will become the fourth driver to race for AlphaTauri in F1 2023.
It’s an unlikely opportunity for the New Zealand-born driver to show what he’s capa💃ble of after missing out previously.
He was overlooked for this campaign as Red Bull opted for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri, while they went back to Ricciardo when they decided De Vries was not good enough fol♋lowing the 2023 British Grand Prꦿix.
Saturday won't be the first time Lawson has tasted F1 machinery having driven for Red Bull in two Friday practice sessions last year, and he's tested ඣfor AlphaTauri i🐓n the past.
Lawson’s path to F1
Highly rated in the Red Bull family, Lawson has enjoyed a stellar rise through the junior ranks, reach🌸ing new heights in recent years.
He’s been part🐲 of the Red Bull junior outfit since 2019, meaning he’s one of its longest-ser🌠ving members.
While his two years ꧑in FIA Formula 3 were nothing special on the surface - a best standings finish of P5 - Lawson’s tal🌟ent was always apparent.
He won on his F2 debut with Hitech Grand Prix in 2021 in the Bahrain sprint race, with his rookie season ultimately a year o💖f consolidation.
His 2021 campaign in DTM (German Touring Cars) was more 🅺noteworthy, only l🐓osing out on the title in the final time.
Back in single-seaters, Lawson grew with experience, and his performances wer🌠e better as he secured third overall in the standings behind runaway championship winner Felipe Drugovich and 🍸Sauber junior Theo Pourchaire.
It wasn’t enough to impress Red Bull or Helmut Marko into giving him the AlphaTauri drive, with168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Pierre Gasly leaving for Alpine.
Instead, Lawson woul💫d compete in Super Formula in Japan - a very competitive single-seater series.
Despite a disappointing round last time out, following a controversial incident on the opening lap, he remains in ဣtitle contenti♑on going into the finale.
His 2024 F1 prospects
With two races in♉ quick succession, it’s highly probable Lawson will get the chance to stake his claim to an F1 seat at Zandvoort and Monza.
While in Zandvoort he will only have𝔍 one practice session to get used to the car, Monza will be a better oppꦇortunity to show what he’s made of.
Ironically, Monza is the venue where De 🐬Vries impressed the Red Bull hierarchy into signing him as Gไasly’s replacement.
De Vries was mighty in his one-off drive for Williams as replacement for168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Alex Albon, finishing in the points while out-performing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicholas Latifi.
Even if Lawson is able to do something simila♉r - what are his prospects of a 2024 F1 seat?
Should Perez remain at Red Bull alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, it’s hard to see 🎃AlphaTauri wanting to let go of either Ricciardo ♛or Tsunoda.
Of course, if Lawson was♑ to out-perform Tsunoda in his stand-in races, you never know what could happen.
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