Explained: Why Williams opted against Mick Schumacher or Liam Lawson

Revealing how close Micꦏk Schumacher and Liam Lawson came to Williams opportunity

Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Williams ignored Miౠck Schumacher and Liam Lawson for their mid⛄season driver change.

Logan Saওrgeant has been axed from his F1 seat, between last w🍸eekend’s Dutch Grand Prix and this weekend’s round at Monza.

Franco 🦹Colapinto, from Williams driver academy, has got the nod to replace Sargeant as a full🌊-time driver, alongside Alex Albon, for the rest of 2024.

Mercedes and Red Bull had put forward drivers from their own environments as suggestions to rep𒉰lace Sargeant.

“I would very much hope that Mick gets the chance, because we haven’t seen the real Miওck,” sꦉaid Mercedes boss Toto Wolff about their third driver.

Red Bull’s Christian Horner said about th𝓀ei♎r reserve driver Lawson: “If they needed a driver next weekend, we’d be open to that.”

Williams boss James Vowles ran out of patience with Sargeant after꧂ his costly crash on Saturday at Zandvoort. His wrecked car could not be repaired in time for qualifying.

reports.

The opportunity which eventually fell to Colapinto is for only nine races, because Williams have Albon💛 andꦉ Carlos Sainz contracted for next year.

Why didn’t Williams pick Schumacher?

Schumacher was “never a frontrunner” to claim the last-gasp race drive with Wi🙈lliams, the same report states.

The relationship between Mercedes’ Wolff and ex-colleague Vowles might have smoot🦄hed over a return to the F1 grid for Schumacher, but instead Williams overl🔯ooked him.

Schumacher lost his Haas seat at the 🃏end of 2022 and has spent two se൩asons without a drive.

Last week, Alpine’s confirmation that they had chosen rookie Jack Doohan for their 2025 car was a m🦩ajor blow for the ho🔴peful Schumacher.

He has now seen the possibility of nine races with Wiꦓlliams vanish.

The vaca༺ncy at Sauber - which will evolve into Audi - may still interest Sch🌟umacher, not least because of his German links to the mighty manufacturer.

Why didn’t Williams pick Lawson?

Lawson “wasn’t a possibility” due to the terms with which Red Bull were willing to loan him out, 💧F1.com states.

Red Bull weren’t keen on letting Lawson go because heꦫ remains an option for them in 2024. Sergio Perez and RB’s Daniel Ricci🤡ardo remain under scrutiny.

It “wasn’t an option” for Red Bull to let Will🍷iams have Lawson for the rest of 2024 because it would weaken their own ranks.

W🃏illiams did not want to strike a deal which woꦏuld have allowed Red Bull to take him back later this year, the same report claims.

Lawson’s future was a hot toౠpic last weekend when Helmut Marko seemingly claimed that he was gu🌸aranteed a 2025 race drive within Red Bull or RB.

Horner later clarified thaไt Marko meant a race drive𓂃 on the F1 grid, not specifically with either of their teams.

But, the door to Williams has slammed shut.

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