Liam Lawson has performed down the concept that his 5 remaining races for RB in 2024 might put him within the body for a seat at Crimson Bull subsequent season, with the New Zealander insisting that his purpose is extra typically to “try to keep in Formulation 1”.
Having returned to the grid rather than Daniel Ricciardo for the rest of the marketing campaign, Lawson acquired his comeback off to an excellent begin final day out in Austin by scoring factors in P9, regardless of ranging from the again of the grid on account of engine penalties.
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This comes amid continued hypothesis over the longer term line-ups at each groups within the Crimson Bull secure, resulting in Lawson being requested forward of this weekend’s Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix if he believes that the battle to be Max Verstappen’s crew mate in 2025 is between himself, fellow RB driver Yuki Tsunoda and Crimson Bull’s incumbent Sergio Perez.
“Actually I’ve completely no thought,” the 22-year-old mentioned. “My purpose clearly is to… I’ve been with Crimson Bull now for six years, and it will be my absolute purpose to drive with them sooner or later. However whether or not that’s subsequent 12 months or another 12 months, I don’t know when that could possibly be.
