Liam Lawson's performance in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been
described as "phenomenal" by British racing driver Jamie Chadwick,
although she believes Isack Hadjar should get a promotion to Red
Bull over him. Lawson delivered a career-best result at the Baku
City Circuit to finish fifth, ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, Lando Norris
and both Ferrari drivers. The New Zealander drove superbly in
tricky conditions to qualify on the second row in third, and spent
the majority of the grand prix defending perfectly against quicker
drivers. It was an excellent example of what Lawson is capable of
in F1, with Chadwick having been impressed by how he handled the
significant pressure while defending from Tsunoda, Norris and
Hamilton in the final laps. "I think Liam was phenomenal," said
Chadwick on the Sky F1 show podcast. "He was great, actually, if
you watch quite closely with the race, even things like his out
laps, the aggressiveness. "I know he's been called out for being
too aggressive at times, but he sort of timed it perfectly, and he
had a huge amount of pressure at the end of that race, and just
batted it all off with ease, and then obviously qualifying under
incredibly tricky conditions. "So he was incredibly impressive at
the weekend." Hadjar the Racing Bulls star Despite Lawson's strong
result, Chadwick still believes Hadjar has been the star in the Red
Bull sister team. Hadjar entered F1 this year with many in the
paddock having very low expectations, making his consistent form
catch many by surprise. The French-Algerian has been a regular in
Q3 and the points, while Lawson took several races to get back into
a rhythm after being demoted by Red Bull. As a result, Chadwick
backs Hadjar to be handed Tsunoda's seat next season and to partner
Max Verstappen. "But you have to look at Isack Hadjar as the season
goes," added Chadwick. "And in my opinion, he's been stronger, and
he's come in as a rookie. He surprised all of us. "And if you're
Red Bull, you look at that and you can't think, 'Oh, actually, no
I'm going to leave you there in the junior team. I'm going to wait
until you start performing, and actually just keep our drivers at
the moment.' "They've got to start really taking him seriously and
then having a look at him. In my opinion, Isack's performed at the
highest level of one of those sort of second seat drivers, second
team drivers, so to speak. "And for that reason, I think he's got
to be a serious contender for the Red Bull seat next year."
described as "phenomenal" by British racing driver Jamie Chadwick,
although she believes Isack Hadjar should get a promotion to Red
Bull over him. Lawson delivered a career-best result at the Baku
City Circuit to finish fifth, ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, Lando Norris
and both Ferrari drivers. The New Zealander drove superbly in
tricky conditions to qualify on the second row in third, and spent
the majority of the grand prix defending perfectly against quicker
drivers. It was an excellent example of what Lawson is capable of
in F1, with Chadwick having been impressed by how he handled the
significant pressure while defending from Tsunoda, Norris and
Hamilton in the final laps. "I think Liam was phenomenal," said
Chadwick on the Sky F1 show podcast. "He was great, actually, if
you watch quite closely with the race, even things like his out
laps, the aggressiveness. "I know he's been called out for being
too aggressive at times, but he sort of timed it perfectly, and he
had a huge amount of pressure at the end of that race, and just
batted it all off with ease, and then obviously qualifying under
incredibly tricky conditions. "So he was incredibly impressive at
the weekend." Hadjar the Racing Bulls star Despite Lawson's strong
result, Chadwick still believes Hadjar has been the star in the Red
Bull sister team. Hadjar entered F1 this year with many in the
paddock having very low expectations, making his consistent form
catch many by surprise. The French-Algerian has been a regular in
Q3 and the points, while Lawson took several races to get back into
a rhythm after being demoted by Red Bull. As a result, Chadwick
backs Hadjar to be handed Tsunoda's seat next season and to partner
Max Verstappen. "But you have to look at Isack Hadjar as the season
goes," added Chadwick. "And in my opinion, he's been stronger, and
he's come in as a rookie. He surprised all of us. "And if you're
Red Bull, you look at that and you can't think, 'Oh, actually, no
I'm going to leave you there in the junior team. I'm going to wait
until you start performing, and actually just keep our drivers at
the moment.' "They've got to start really taking him seriously and
then having a look at him. In my opinion, Isack's performed at the
highest level of one of those sort of second seat drivers, second
team drivers, so to speak. "And for that reason, I think he's got
to be a serious contender for the Red Bull seat next year."
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