If Max Verstappen had not become a Formula 1 driver, he could easily have been a street fighter, a cat breeder or a player for the Dutch national football team. Those are just some of the professions his fellow drivers suggested when asked the question.
Max Verstappen has been the constant element in the driver lineup at Red Bull Racing since 2016. The Dutchman is down to his fifth teammate in the ten seasons he’s been in F1, habing decimated the other last three. The job now falls on Liam Lawson, promoted from the Austrian’s sister team, Racing Bulls, after just 11 Grands Prix. Verstappen talks about what he expects from working with his new teammate.
Max Verstappen is known for handling an unstable rear end and preferring a sharp front end in his F1 car, a driving style that sets him apart from many other drivers. However, Liam Lawson believes it’s not necessary to try to mirror the four-time world champion’s approach. Instead, he feels it’s more important to adapt to the car and the material that Red Bull Racing provides.
Liam Lawson is not expected to match Max Verstappen in his first year for Red Bull Racing, but the Dutchman’s new teammate has been given a clear brief for the 2025 Formula 1 season. Helmut Marko shares his expectations of Lawson.
Just weeks after the FIA announced it was going to heavily penalise drivers when they swear, it emerged during Formula E’s recent Saudi Arabian weekend that swearing over team radio does not attract a penalty. Liam Lawson commented on the FIA’s swearing ban, saying that he was glad drivers wouldn’t be punished in the car. Still, he explained that drivers should control their language outside of a racing situation.
The F1 75 event is about to begin. All drivers and team principals are present at the event, including Max Verstappen, his new teammate Liam Lawson and Red Bull Chief, Christian Horner. The three arrived at the O2 Arena on Tuesday night. Watch the footage above!
After the 2024 season, it was announced that Liam Lawson will have the chance to replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull Racing. A big job awaits the driver from New Zealand, as drivers in this competition are clearly comparted to their teammates, and his will the four-time world champion Max Verstappen.
Liam Lawson is facing an important year in his career, his first full-time season in Formula 1, which just so happens to be his first year with a top team, Red Bull Racing. Looking on toward the 2025 season, Lawson expects it to be the most difficult year of his career so far.
Many believe, including Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner, that being Max Verstappen’s teammate is the hardest job in Formula 1. One person however does look at from a slightly different angle: Liam Lawson. The New Zealand also sees the upsides of being the Dutchman’s teammate in 2025.
Red Bull Racing, ahead of the F1 75 event at the O2 Arena on Tuesday night, has shared new images of Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson in their new 2025 team kit. Verstappen already hinted a little at the livery of the Red Bull car in a livestream on Twitch. Based on the team kit, that hint might just be right.
