Liam Lawson has opened up on the frustrations of being overlooked for 2024 by Red Bull...
Liam Lawson will serve as Red Bull’s reserve driver in 2024, having been overlooked for a full-time race seat in favour of Daniel Ricciardo.
Asked what his plans are for 2024, Lawson laughed as it was pointed out he can’t even do free practice sessions as a ‘Young Driver’ anymore as he has exceeded the maximum permitted two Grands Prix that the rules allow for such participation.“I don’t know truthfully, I don’t know. I don’t know if I’ll get to drive again and, if there is, I don’t know when it’ll be.
“So I’ve done lots of simulator work over the last couple of years. That will just continue now into next year, and getting to learn and basically absorb, being alongside the best team in F1 right now – I get to sit through all the meetings and learn how they operate.” “But, at the time that the decision was made, I could sit there and understand why, just because of how my season was. Then this year as well, although I’m having a much better season, you have the option mid-season, in a team that’s struggling quite a bit with the car, you have the option of somebody who’s never been in Formula 1 to jump in midseason or somebody who’s very experienced in F1 and has won races.
Scoring his first F1 points in Singapore had bolstered Lawson’s apparent chances at a 2024 seat, but the Kiwi revealed he’d already been told he wouldn’t be in the AlphaTauri and that it had taken away from the magic of such an achievement.
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