Liam Lawson accepts that he must perform to keep hold of his Red Bull Formula 1 seat, but notes that he needs time he doesn't necessarily have to get acquainted with the team's 2025 car. The Kiwi racer qualified last for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, which Red Bull used as an opportunity to break parc ferme and kit him out with a series of changes to his RB21 - and he thus ran different aero spec to Max Verstappen . Lawson reckoned that few of these changes worked out.
He ultimately finished 15th, moving up two positions late on when Yuki Tsunoda's front wing broke and Jack Doohan was encumbered by a 10-second penalty for nudging Isack Hadjar off the road. Formula 1 Red Bull may swap Lawson and Tsunoda for next F1 race Lawson says that he needs time to get a greater understanding of the RB21; asked to elaborate on time, he explained that with no in-season testing and a triple-header on the horizon, he does not have the luxury of time behind the wheel to get used to the car. "We knew it was going to be tough and we started from the pitlane to try something with the car, and it unfortunately just didn't work the way we wanted," Lawson said.
"What was really just a hard weekend was just a bit harder today. Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, Liam Lawson, Red Bull Racing Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images "Unfortunately I don't really have time to get used to it, but I need to figure it out as quickly. I don't have time to test the car and get used to it, but we're in the season alrea.
