Williams F1 boss James Vowles responds to Liam Lawson suggestion | Christian Horner says Red Bull have “luxury problem”
Red Bull junior Lawson has impressed as a stand-in for the injured168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri but may miss out on a full-time seat with the team next year, with Ricciardo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda appearing set to stay.
With 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant continuing to struggle as he battles to save his seat alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon, there have been suggestions that Red Bull coulꦿd loan Lawson to Williams for 2024.
Vowles admitted that the 21-year-old New Zealander has done an “impressive” job so far but refused to dir💟ectly answer whether he is someone Williams are interested in.
“So he’s been impressiveꦕ in the few races h✅e’s had here,” Vowles told Sky during FP1.
“Obviously if you cast your mind back a bit, he and Logan were teammates back in F2. Both fin🐠ishing pretty much together in the championship, so we have a direct comparison of the two of them in that environment.
“I think what we don’t have at the momen🍰t, with different cars, differꦏent situations at the moment, is knowing how they compare between a Williams and an AlphaTauri at this stage.
“Nevertheless, to keep his heꦰad in Singapore, he did a stro﷽ng job.
“Red Bull have a number of drivers but just two se🔯ats. So it will be interesting to see where they go with that decision-making now.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said Lawson has “done a tremendous job aꦡnd certainly put himself firmly on the radar and cemented the feeling that we had about him.”
About Red Bull’s driver dilemma for 2024, Horner added: “We’ve got a luxury pro🎃blem with three into two in that team, but there’s three great drivers and it’s a nice headach🅰e to have.
“He will be a grand prix driver - he already is a grand prix driver - whether he has to wait a little bit for that. I think he’s demonstrating that he is a talent for the future൩.”
Asked whether Red Bull would consider loaning Lawson out or would prefer to keep him within their family🌱, Horner said: “He’s in the Red 🦂Bull family.
"꧙I think there’s only one seat available. We’ve done that in the past when for example Carlos Sඣainz went on loan to the previous Renault team.
“But I think, if he’s not sitting in a grand prix seat next year, then he’s going to have p🌸lenty on his plate with other stuff to do.”&nb🍸sp;
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