Express adaptation for Liam Lawson

By winning in his first race in the very competitive Japanese single-seater championship, the New Zealander achieved an unprecedented feat for forty-five years. Portrait of a driver accustomed to starts with fanfare and who is far from having buried his F1 dream.

Published on 10/04/2023 à 13:30

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Liam Lawson hits from the start © Red Bull

It is often said that it takes time to acclimatize to a new car or a new championship but the rule does not concern Liam Lawson. The 21-year-old New Zealander managed to win at Fuji (Japan) for his very first start in Super Formula. To find traces of such a performance, we have to go back forty-five years. At the time, the Swiss Marc Surer (81 starts in F1) had won the only race of Formula 2 Japanese (the ancestor of today's SF) in which he had participated. What's most striking about Lawson is that this is far from the first time he has shined in his championship debut. His impressive run even began in 2018, when the Kiwi lined up for the very last meeting of the F3 Asia. The young ho