Motorsport Off Topic Thread
- Thread starter Shimmy
- Start date
Soldato
I assumed Lawson was getting race time before getting Perez's seat?And Lawson will end up sitting there for years and then get aged out aswell.. well, unless Max leaves.
Don
Depends how well he does against Tsunoda
Caporegime
He's already shown himself to be Tsunoda's match.
Man of Honour
Has Lawson actually been confirmed for anything beyond the next 6 races?
Not that I saw.
Soldato
It's time both RB teams were bought out and no longer run by megalomaniacs. What a dire way to fire and hire a driver. While the ground effect era hasn't suited Danny, he absolutely deserved a full and proper send off.
Soldato
/GettyImages-2167818196.jpg)
Lawson to replace Ricciardo at RB for rest of the season
New Zealander Liam Lawson will replace Daniel Ricciardo at RB alongside Yuki Tsunoda for the remainder of the season.
www.formula1.com
Caporegime
Soldato
Yes it has as my link stated, here as well https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13220753/daniel-ricciardos-rb-exit-confirmed-as-liam-lawson-gets-seat-for-remaining-six-rounds-of-2024-formula-1-season and here https://www.visacashapprb.com/
Last edited:
Soldato
That says that he 'has the opportunity to earn his seat for 2025', he's not been confirmed for next year yet
Man of Honour
Yeah - I was just thinking - if he bins the car 6 races in a row that could change things for next year!
I'd like to think this is a test to see if he can replace Perez next year.
They won't promote Yuki, the Honda ties end soon and that will be the end of that. If Lawson does well, he goes up to Red Bull and replaces Perez. Hadjar moves up from F2 to accompany Yuki.
But I also think Red Bull love Perez's Mexican millions too much. So Lawson may just stay with Vcarb, Yuki goes when the Honda partnership ends and Hadjar moves up then.
They won't promote Yuki, the Honda ties end soon and that will be the end of that. If Lawson does well, he goes up to Red Bull and replaces Perez. Hadjar moves up from F2 to accompany Yuki.
But I also think Red Bull love Perez's Mexican millions too much. So Lawson may just stay with Vcarb, Yuki goes when the Honda partnership ends and Hadjar moves up then.
Last edited:
Man of Honour
I'm not even sure Red Bull need the money any more given the spending cap anyway; but I guess its less cash for Red Bull themselves to put up; that said I'm sure if they had a decent profile second driver with some marketing value (dare I even say.... a Ricciardo) the money would be mostly replaced.
Caporegime
No, they just say he's in for the rest of this season, not that he's confirmed for next season.
Lawson confirmed that this is the case in an interview with a New Zealand TV outfit:
Lawson answered questions about his situation beyond the remaining 2024 races very carefully.
He replied “that’s correct” when asked if for now he just had clarity over the rest of 2024 and didn’t know if he’d have an F1 race seat for 2025.
“I’ve basically got until the end of this season and then I’ll find out more as the season goes on. At this stage, it’s the six races,” Lawson continued.
Asked if he knew what performance was required over those six races to ensure he had a 2025 F1 seat, he replied: “I need to perform, basically. I need to try to obviously show my worth in F1 and I would say do a similar job to what I did last year. That’s what’s given me the shot now.
“I just need to do enough to stay in the seat next year.”
He replied “that’s correct” when asked if for now he just had clarity over the rest of 2024 and didn’t know if he’d have an F1 race seat for 2025.
“I’ve basically got until the end of this season and then I’ll find out more as the season goes on. At this stage, it’s the six races,” Lawson continued.
Asked if he knew what performance was required over those six races to ensure he had a 2025 F1 seat, he replied: “I need to perform, basically. I need to try to obviously show my worth in F1 and I would say do a similar job to what I did last year. That’s what’s given me the shot now.
“I just need to do enough to stay in the seat next year.”
As reported by The Race.
Last edited:
Soldato
Apologies, having fully woken up this morning I realised I'd misread your post
Last edited:
I can't be the only one thinking that the way a lot of people, especially Reddit, are reacting to DR departure as being way, way over the top.
Take the smiley and class-clown personality away and he has been underwhelming since McLaren. RB owe him nothing at all, he had a second (undeserved imo) chance and he didn't make an impression. He isn't the first and wont be the last driver to get dropped.
Take the smiley and class-clown personality away and he has been underwhelming since McLaren. RB owe him nothing at all, he had a second (undeserved imo) chance and he didn't make an impression. He isn't the first and wont be the last driver to get dropped.
Caporegime
Social media reactions are always filtered to be over-the-top.
I have no problem with him being dropped, but I do think this has been handled badly. We now know that Lawson knew about this two weeks ago, so why not announce it before the Singapore GP so that Daniel can sign off properly in his last race, instead of an awful situation where everyone is acting like it is his last race but he can't say one way or the other?
His career has ended poorly, but the success he has had in the past and the profile and following he has developed deserved better. It's not Williams crapping on Hill level, but it's not the end he deserved.
Last edited: