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Verstappen's current and past teammate want to buy a house together!
- Savannah Lenz
Liam Lawson has officially stepped up as Max Verstappen's next teammate. But before that, he previously competed alongside another F1 driver, as Lawson and Alexander Albon used to race together in the DTM. The driver from New Zealand explained to Auto, Motor und Sport that he still has plans with Albon.
Lawson and Albon in the DTM
In 2021, Lawson raced in Formula 2, while After Albon was replaced by Sergio Perez, he became Red Bull's reserve driver. During this time, Lawson and Albon became teammates and raced together in the German series, DTM, as a result of Red Bull's decisions.
While racing in the series that year, the driver from New Zealand won three races. Lawson narrowly missed out on the title as, at the final race of the season, he was the championship leader. Unfortunately, he had an incident with Kelvin van der Linde. After the race finished, Lawson said Van der Linde was the "dirtiest guy I have ever raced against".
Lawson and Albon want to buy a house together
However, Lawson still has incredible memories from that year. Together with Albon, they visited the Nurburgring several times. They loved that area so much that they once talked about buying a house together in the past so that they could drive there all the time. Lawson would still like to do exactly that.
He said, "We talked about it a few years ago, and I want to keep the idea going. It's a really cool place. We used to go there regularly when we were both racing in the DTM. Then we went to the Nordschleife in road cars. We had a simple VW Golf and a Citroën C3 and stayed in touch via Bluetooth and WhatsApp calls. We overtook a BMW M2 and all the other sporty cars. To be honest, it was really one of the funniest things I've ever done in a car."
This article was written in collaboration with Cas van de Kleut.
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