Who is Liam Lawson, Daniel Ricciardo's replacement at Racing Bulls?

As he will replace Daniel Ricciardo from Austin, the New Zealander will have a new card to play with a view to a starting role for 2025. Last year, he shone on the screen during his interim period, confirming his unique adaptability seen in his junior career.

Published on 26/09/2024 à 18:37

Jeremy Satis

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Who is Liam Lawson, Daniel Ricciardo's replacement at Racing Bulls?

Liam Lawson has seized his chance in F1. He will replace Daniel Ricciardo / © Red Bull Content Pool

It is the story of a young man who had left the European promotion formulas in a certain indifference, and whose absence from the grid no one understood nine months later. Formula 1 for 2024. New proof that in motorsport more than anywhere else, everything moves very quickly. If the F1 train does not pass for everyone, Liam Lawson took care not to miss his, when he was asked to replace a Daniel Ricciardo injured in Zandvoort (Netherlands) at the end of August.

Five Grands Prix later, the New Zealander had already convinced the paddock. He was never beaten in a race by his ephemeral teammate. Yuki tsunoda, and had even signed the best result of a Alpha Tauri in 2023 (9th in Singapore where he also entered Q3) at the time he had done it. Alas, badly

Jeremy Satis

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

27/09/2024 at 03:54 a.m.

Not sure that the Ridiculous Bulls 2024 is really a gift to end the 2024 season, especially since it will hardly evolve anymore because of the 2025 single-seater already in the pipeline. If he does not shine against Tsunoda, it is possible that his future in F1 ends at the end of 2024, Red Bull preferring to launch another youngster like Hadjar (or even Iwasa, even if it is difficult to see two Japanese at Ridiculous Bulls, except to give a gift to Honda for their last year of collaboration)

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YVES HENRI RANDIER

03/10/2023 at 12:37 a.m.

the Tasman formula with Moss, Hill, Clark, Stewart and many other F1 drivers before becoming the New Zealand round of V8 Supercars

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YVES HENRI RANDIER

03/10/2023 at 12:36 a.m.

Native of Pukekohe which housed the Pukekohe Park Raceway, scene of the New Zealand Grand Prix which hosted from 1964 to 1975 the

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