Liam Lawson has ridiculed the suggestion that his Racing Bulls
machinery is the easiest car on the grid to drive this season.
Lawson conjured the best result of his F1 career to date in
finishing a superb fifth in Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix,
following on from his highest grid slot of third at the end of an
astonishing qualifying that included an F1 record six red flags.
Following a slow start on his return to Racing Bulls after being
ditched by Red Bull after just two grands prix, Lawson has scored
points in four of his last seven grands prix, compared to one in
the previous eight. With team-mate Isack Hadjar also enjoying a
strong rookie season, with many pundits believing he will be
promoted to Red Bull for 2026, it has been suggested that the VCARB
02 is a relatively benign car compared to some of its rivals.
Following the race at the Baku City Circuit, it was put to Lawson
that "a lot of people say that the Racing Bulls is the easiest
car". Asked whether he agreed with the theory, speaking to the
media, including RacingNews365 , the New Zealander gave the idea
short shrift. "Unless you drive every single car on the grid, how
can you know what each car is like to drive?" responded Lawson.
"It's a consistent car. It's something that we can definitely say,
and be proud of, that across the board, at all sorts of different
tracks, it's consistently fast. "That doesn't mean it's easy to
drive, but the speed is in the car, and that's been something we've
been able to utilise across the season so far." On the back of his
performance and result in Baku, Lawson now embarks on a run of
races to finish the season with circuits he has experience of in an
F1 car, starting with Singapore, where he was ninth in 2023 in
deputising for an injured Daniel Ricciardo. Describing what
unfolded in Azerbaijan as "extremely positive", Lawson added: "The
main thing is, as I say, our car has been consistently good across
the board at all sorts of different tracks, so that's very positive
for us. "Going forward, we need to try and keep that consistency
and try to find a little more where we're fighting for very good
results. "We didn't quite have the speed for Williams [in Baku,
with Carlos Sainz third], but to finish where we did, if we can
consistently do that, it's very strong for us."
machinery is the easiest car on the grid to drive this season.
Lawson conjured the best result of his F1 career to date in
finishing a superb fifth in Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix,
following on from his highest grid slot of third at the end of an
astonishing qualifying that included an F1 record six red flags.
Following a slow start on his return to Racing Bulls after being
ditched by Red Bull after just two grands prix, Lawson has scored
points in four of his last seven grands prix, compared to one in
the previous eight. With team-mate Isack Hadjar also enjoying a
strong rookie season, with many pundits believing he will be
promoted to Red Bull for 2026, it has been suggested that the VCARB
02 is a relatively benign car compared to some of its rivals.
Following the race at the Baku City Circuit, it was put to Lawson
that "a lot of people say that the Racing Bulls is the easiest
car". Asked whether he agreed with the theory, speaking to the
media, including RacingNews365 , the New Zealander gave the idea
short shrift. "Unless you drive every single car on the grid, how
can you know what each car is like to drive?" responded Lawson.
"It's a consistent car. It's something that we can definitely say,
and be proud of, that across the board, at all sorts of different
tracks, it's consistently fast. "That doesn't mean it's easy to
drive, but the speed is in the car, and that's been something we've
been able to utilise across the season so far." On the back of his
performance and result in Baku, Lawson now embarks on a run of
races to finish the season with circuits he has experience of in an
F1 car, starting with Singapore, where he was ninth in 2023 in
deputising for an injured Daniel Ricciardo. Describing what
unfolded in Azerbaijan as "extremely positive", Lawson added: "The
main thing is, as I say, our car has been consistently good across
the board at all sorts of different tracks, so that's very positive
for us. "Going forward, we need to try and keep that consistency
and try to find a little more where we're fighting for very good
results. "We didn't quite have the speed for Williams [in Baku,
with Carlos Sainz third], but to finish where we did, if we can
consistently do that, it's very strong for us."
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