Right now, Liam Lawson is not seeing life in pink in formula 1. It is not for lack of having wore the color this weekend to promote the new summer drink of Red Bull during the Miami Grand Prix. No, far from any aesthetic consideration, the New Zealander was still in difficulty during the Floridian meeting and leaves from the United States with an always virgin counter. It must be said that this time, in addition to a lack of performance, the Kiwi played bad luck: Saturday, during the sprint, Liam Lawson thought he had won his first points of the season by finishing in 7th place … before being caught by the patrol a few hours later, being penalized five seconds for having hit Fernando Alonso.
Sunday, the Racing Bulls driver was not happier: hung by Jack Doohan from the first turn, Liam Lawson finally abandoned after 36 laps, with a VCarb-02 too damaged to hope anything. “I took a very good start, a wide passage opened in the first turn. I followed the one who was in front of me then I felt a side shock, I don’t know what happened. We have suffered big damage. We were waiting for the rain or something like that, but it has never happened ”said the New Zealander after the race in Miami.
After six Grands Prix, the observation is alarming for Liam Lawson. Back at Racing Bulls since the beginning of April, after an express passage and missed at Red Bull during the first two meetings of the season, the 23-year-old driver is struggling to convince and has still not scored the slightest point in 2025. More than the results, it is the dynamic that is bad for the Oceanian, who fails to finish in front of Isack Hadjar in qualifying (3-1 in favor of French, only defeated in French) or (5 points for Hadjar, 0 for Lawson). The New Zealander is however more experienced than his French teammate in F1 (17 Grand Prix against 5 for Hadjar), but since his return to Faenza, the performances have not been there.
Lawson under the threat of Lindblad ?
Liam Lawson himself draws a fairly fatalistic observation from his performance on his last four Grands Prix. ” Most [des week-ends de course] were quite shocking, recognizes the kiwi. Regarding ‘comfort’, I feel really good in the car, the pace was quite good most of the time. Unfortunately, there are no results. We have no points. There are a lot of variables in our sport and it can be difficult to put everything end to end during a race. The speed has been there most of the time but unfortunately, this has not worked for us so far. »»
Dravated by Racing Bulls to find confidence and continue to learn in Formula 1, Liam Lawson is struggling to find from his superb, the one who had convinced Red Bull to set him out within the mother team at the end of 2024. Faced with an Isack Hadjar who asserts himself over the weeks, the native of Hastings loses credit over the counter-performances. And when we know the legendary patience of the band at Helmut Marko, we can only worry about the future of Liam Lawson in Formula 1.
Especially that behind, a small prodigy begins to deploy his wings in Formula 2: Arvid Lindblad, 17, winner of the race sprint in Saudi Arabia and already holder of the super license. The Briton should participate in several free test sessions this season with Racing Bulls, who will be 18 years old on August 8 – in full summer break – and who will therefore be able to apply for a formula in Formula 1 this summer. With regard to the performances of Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the start of the season – he who had only a season in F2 before being established by Mercedes – we say that Red Bull could be inspired to do the same with his protégé. Liam Lawson will quickly have to perform to save his skin …
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