This is why Lawson will be racing in Formula 1 with number 30!
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After the Singapore Grand Prix, it was announced: Liam Lawson will replaced Daniel Ricciardo at Visa Cash App RB. The driver from New Zealand will compete with the number 30 on his car, and on social media, he explained why that is.
Lawson tells anecdote
The New Zealander revealed his number some time ago, but he has now explained why he made the choice to run with the #30 starting from the US Grand Prix next weekend on his team's Instagram.
"I’m going to be racing with number 30, because it’s the number that I’ve raced with since I was 8 years old. It wasn’t actually the very first number I drove with, that was 18, but my first year of gokart racing I moved into a team and there was a guy who looked after me," Lawson began.
"He was my idol back in the day," Lawson continued. "He became like my hero, my idol when I was a kid in gokarts, and he ran with number 30, so I picked number 30 because of him. He taught me everything about gokart racing when I was younger, and then basically I held that number all the way through until today. And I’ve told him as well that I’m bringing our number into Formula One and he was f****** stoked!"
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This article was written in collaboration with Esteban den Toom
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