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Lawson talks through his favourite F1 race so far before he joins Red Bull
Liam Lawson only has 11 Grands Prix to his name, but he will move to Red Bull Racing alongside Max Verstappen for the 2025 season. In 2023, he filled in for an injured Daniel Ricciardo, but in 2024, he replaced the Australian permanently for the final six races of the season at Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, with those performances showing Christian Horner and Red Bull enough to be chosen to replace Sergio Perez.
when Lawson came in to replace Ricciardo temporarily, he picked up his first-ever points in F1 in just his third Grand Prix, highlighting his fantastic talent and brilliant pace at Red Bull's sister team. However, he was unable to earn a seat in F1, with VCARB sticking with the experience of Ricciardo for 2024.
However, after the Singapore Grand Prix, Lawson came into F1 once again, this time replacing a declining Ricciardo for good for the final six races of the season. It was a real sink-or-swim moment for Lawson, with the final six races being two triple-headers to end the year. But again, that talent was on show, with a great points finish on debut at the United States Grand Prix showing what he can do behind the wheel. As a result, he was able to beat out teammate Yuki Tsunoda for the second Red Bull seat for 2025.
Lawson explains the "highlight" from the 2024 season
Speaking on the Talking Bull podcast after the 22-year-old was announced as the newest driver to join Red Bull, he was asked about his favourite moments from the six races that he took part in during the 2024 season: "I think Austin was really cool. My debut as a main driver, getting to run my own number on the car. That was something that meant a lot to me. Coming from the back as well, having a really cool race, scoring points. That was probably the highlight."
But there is still a lot of inexperience for the New Zealander after only taking part in 11 Grands Prix in his career, but there were valuable lessons to take from the two triple-headers he raced in: "It's been intense, two triple-headers to finish the season, to start and finish the season for me. It's my whole season so far. I haven't actually done a full season, so I'll be going into next year in my first full season. It's going to be probably quite similar learning new tracks, trying to get up to speed as quickly as possible, just with probably a lot more eyes on me as well."
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