Liam Lawson

2022 - 8 - 27

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Lawson says F1 debut at Spa was 'a crazy experience' (F1i.com)

AlphaTauri rookie Liam Lawson ran with F1's big boys for the first time on Friday at Spa and described the experience as "crazy".

I want to say a big thank you to Scuderia AlphaTauri and Red Bull for giving me this opportunity. He did a good job." "The car was great to drive, the limit is so much further than I was ready for, it took a bit of time to get used to that, but I think I built up the pace steadily on the Hards and was ready to push on the Softs at the end, so it’s a bit of a shame I didn’t get the opportunity to really go for it.

Motorsport: Kiwi Liam Lawson completes first taste of Formula One ... (Newshub)

Kiwi Liam Lawson has completed his first taste of a Formula One race weekend, in a rain-disrupted free practice session before the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa ...

Liam Lawson gets a taste of Formula 1 during Belgium Grand Prix ... (Stuff.co.nz)

New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has described his first Formula 1 practice as a “crazy experience.” The 20-year-old Red Bull junior stepped in for Alpha ...

If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. Lawson is a junior Red Bull driver who races for Carlin in Formula 2. I’ve loved every second of today and am extremely appreciative for this opportunity.” It’s been really cool spending the weekend with the team. “The car was great to drive.

Liam Lawson: “I've enjoyed getting to drive the car around such an ... (The Checkered Flag)

Liam Lawson participated in the opening free practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday, taking over the running from Pierre Gasly at AlphaTauri.

“I want to say a big thank you to Scuderia AlphaTauri and Red Bull for giving me this opportunity. I’ve loved every second of today and am extremely appreciative for this opportunity.” “I’ve enjoyed getting to drive the car around such an iconic track, it’s been a crazy experience,” said Lawson.

Meet Liam Lawson - the F1 prodigy set to make his debut who has ... (Daily Star)

The next step of Red Bull junior Liam Lawson's young yet impressive career to date sees him making his Formula One debut this weekend at the Belgian Grand ...

Charlotte often follows her beau around the world to different race tracks and visited Red Bull's base in Milton Keynes with him last year. Although New Zealand haven't got a rich history of producing F1 drivers, Lawson seems destined to get a shot at some point in the not too distant future. The pair have kept their relationship quite private since they began dating in 2019. Racing has been all he's known since he started karting at the age of seven. "Super excited to say I’ll be doing my first FP1 this weekend at Spa," he told the team's media after getting fitted in Pierre Gasly's car. After three-and-a-half years in their junior program, he'll be driving for AlphaTauri in first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

LAWSON'S FIRST F1 PRACTICE AT SPA - Auto Action (Auto Action)

Young Kiwi Liam Lawson completed his first official F1 drive in an Alpha Tauri AT03 in a rain affected practice session, his fastest lap time registering at ...

“it was a crazy experience. After his Formula1 session, Lawson then qualified in P6 in the F2 with a time of 1:58.976, just +0.744s off Felipe Drugovich in pole. “But towards the end of it I started to feel quite comfortable and the tyres were dropping off a bit because I’d done a few laps, but I was definitely ready to put the softs on. It was unfortunate we didn’t get to run the soft’s at the end cause I had a nice ten laps to build up on the hard’s and not over push, just getting used to it,”Lawson said. Lawson came out and tested for 14 laps in the one hour session, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz setting the benchmark time of 1:46.538. The time saw Lawson finish in P19 of the 20 drivers in Pierre Gasly’s car, with Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas not recording a time, limited to only two laps.

Lawson: F1 outing 'a crazy step up from F2' (Motorsport Week)

Liam Lawson described his Formula 1 outing as “a crazy experience” after linking up with AlphaTauri during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

“I want to say a big thank you to AlphaTauri and Red Bull for giving me this opportunity. “I’ve loved every second of today and am extremely appreciative for this opportunity.” It’s been really cool spending the weekend with the team, it’s a crazy step up from F2.

Liam Lawson gets taste of Formula 1 during Belgium Grand Prix ... (Stuff.co.nz)

New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has described his Formula 1 practice debut as a 'crazy experience.'

Lawson keen to take lessons and adjust back from 'epic' FP1 debut (Formula 2)

Liam Lawson couldn't keep the beaming smile off of his face after making his Formula 1 debut. Getting behind the wheel of the Alpha Tauri car in Free ...

There are pros and cons, it’s still a bigger deficit trying to go from the F1 car to F2, but I guess one of the good sides of doing it was that I got to do quite a few laps of the track. The car is very different, it’s obviously a lot nicer to drive and a lot faster. The run was okay, we were interrupted by red flags and the rain at the end, which meant I never got to do the soft tyre run that we planned on doing, just sustainable running on hards but it was nice to get some laps in.

Lawson adds to memorable weekend with F2 race win in Belgium (New Zealand Herald)

Liam Lawson is having himself a memorable weekend around Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. After opening up the weekend of the Belgian Grand Prix behind the ...

But on the restart the car was straight away good again. "I was devastated when the safety car came out, " Lawson said. One of those was current competition leader Felipe Drugovich, who got onto the soft tyres and began to make moves through the field when the safety car had lifted. His team assured him the issue would settle down, and by the seventh lap Lawson's lead was more than 1.5sec and he began to pull away from the field. "I was watching the screens around the whole track trying to look for Felipe to see where he was, but luckily it was enough." By the 11th lap, his lead was at more than 4sec and the race was his for the taking.

Liam Lawson on his qualifying consistency in 2022: 'It's pretty ... (F1 Feeder Series)

Since becoming the Red Bull reserve driver, Lawson has scored three podiums including two Sprint Race victories. The second of these was an accomplished drive ...

We asked Lawson what his target was for the remaining rounds of the season bearing in mind the current competitive state of the standings. Given that Lawson is now the Red Bull reserve driver and has already been confirmed to retain the role for 2023, it may be a concern that Lawson, who is in his second year of F2, is 20 points behind his rookie Carlin teammate Logan Sargeant at this point in the season. In comparison, championship leader and Spa polesitter Felipe Drugovich has averaged a qualifying position of 5.18 throughout the season. “I think definitely being in the environments of Formula 1 again, and actually being in an official session, that definitely reminds you of why you’re doing this and what the end goal is; not that motivation has ever been an issue for me. Speaking to F1 Feeder Series after the race, we asked Lawson whether his hour in an F1 car helped motivate him specifically for this weekend’s F2 action. Following Jüri Vips’ disgraced exit from the role of Red Bull reserve driver, it has been Liam Lawson that has taken the opportunities available recently, including his maiden FP1 appearance for AlphaTauri at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday.

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