Liam Lawson “ready” to take on Max Verstappen: “It would be the biggest challenge”

Liam Lawson says he is "ready" to go up against Max Verstappen at Red ꧑B💯ull in 2025.

Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson feels he would be “ready” to go head-to-head with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen amid reports the Kiwi could be promoted to Red Bull for the 2025 F1 season.

Lawson is in line to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez at Red Bull.

✤Red Bull have grown frustrated with Perez’s lack of form and 🧜thus are considering either Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda for next year.

Ahead of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, nothing has been announced with regards❀ to Perez’s future, with a meeting expected to take place after the race this weekend to discuss the second Red Bull seat between the team's shareholders. 

La🧸wson is thought to be the favourite to take the drive alongside Verstappen for 2025.

S🎃peaking on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, where are in the paddock, Lawson explained why teaming up with Verstappen would be “the best possiꦡble situation for me to be in”.

“I think it would be the bigge🐎st challenge to go up against Max,” he said. “In a way it's the best seat on tꦺhe grid to be in. You get to learn directly off the best guy.

“To have access to his data every single session. To see exactly how he's performing. For me as a dri✤ver who's come intౠo Formula 1.

“And is developing. It's the best possible situation for me to be in. It would be what I would love. To have that data is what's g🎀oing to make me better.”

‘Not thinking about’ Red Bull decision

While it could be a big week or so for Lawson, he’s refusing to think about Red Bull making a💯 decision.

RB are still locked in a fi♛ght in the constructors’ championship.

They sit eighth overall on 46 poinꦬts, eight behind Haas in seventh.

While it’s✱ unrealistic RB will overturn that deficit in Abu Dhabi, that’s what Lawson is f꧙ocused on.

“Honestly, it's ཧnot something that right now I'm thinking about,” he added. “This weekend is very, very important. We're fighting for the highest possible place in the Constructo𝕴rs.

“That's really where my focus is. And as a🐟 team that's what we're looking at right now. Beyond that, my goal is to be in Red Bull Racing in the future. But I have no indication or feelings of when that could be.

“If that opportunity did come one day, I feel like I'🌜d be ready for it. But right now I'm focused on this weekend.

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