Liam Lawson: ready to go at Red Bull

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

With 11 Grands Prix under his belt, Liam Lawson is technically no longer a rookie – but he is about to embark on his first full Formula 1 season in 2025 and race at many tracks he’s never driven before.

So how does the New Zealander feel about this next step with Red Bull Racing? Speaking to Tom Clarkson at the team’s UK headquarters in Milton Keynes, Liam answers all the big questions ahead of a potentially career-defining year.

What did Liam do to persuade Team Principal Christian Horner and Red Bull Motorsport Advisor Helmut Marko that he was the right man to replace Sergio Perez? How is he approaching the challenge of having four-time World Champion Max Verstappen as his new teammate? And, with five other drivers kickstarting their F1 careers this season, why does he think more teams are choosing youth over experience?

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0:50.2	Hello everyone and welcome to the first F1 Beyond the Grid of 2025 with me, Tom Clarkson.
0:58.2	This is the show where the fastest drivers in the world slow down and open up about their racing lives and much more besides.
1:06.3	And to kick off the new season, I've been speaking to a man who, as Max Verstappen's new Red Bull Racing
1:11.6	teammate, has taken what many believe is the toughest seat in Formula One.
1:17.6	You can't look at it in that way. It's more the opportunity to have him as a teammate.
1:22.6	We did a test last year, a comparison together in Silverstone, and it was just one lap each.
1:28.1	But that data, I took home. I've got it sitting in a shelf. You know, I took it home and had
1:31.8	that all year, just because it was the first time ever that I'd been able to compare directly
1:35.8	against him and see exactly, you know, what he's, what he does as a driver. And now I get
1:39.9	that in every single session this year.
1:47.5	Hello, Red Bull Racing Driver.
1:51.2	Hello.
1:52.5	Liam Lawson, it is great to have you on the show.
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