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 could loan Lawson to Williams for 2024.&n✨bsp;
Vowles admitted that the 21-year-old New Zealander has done an “impressive” job so far but refused to directly answer whether he is so꧒meone Williams are interested ⛄in.
“So he’s been impressive in the few races he’s🥃 had here,” Vow𒀰les told Sky during FP1.
“Obviously if you cast your mind back a bit, he and ✱Logan were teammates back in F2. Both finishing 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 moment, with different cars, different situations at the moment, is knowing how they compare between a Will🍃iams and an AlphaTauri at this stage.
“Nevertheless, to keep hi𒊎s head in Singapore, he did a strong job.
“Red Bull have a number of driv🃏ers but just two seats. So it will be interesting to see where they go with that de🌠cision-making now.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said Lawson has “done a tremendous job and 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’v💛e got a luxury 𝔉problem with three into two in that team, but there’s three great drivers and it’s a nice headache 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 future.”
A💙sked whether Red Bull would consider loaning Lawson ou🦹t or would prefer to keep him within their family, Horner said: “He’s in the Red Bull family.
"I think there’s only one se𝐆at available. We’ve done that in the past when for example Carlos Sainz went on loan to the previous Renault team.
“But I𓆏 think, if he’s not sitting in a grand prix seat next year, then he’s going to have plenty on his plate with otꦦher stuff to do.”
Lewis regu🔥larly attends Grands Prix fo♚r mahbx.com around the world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the people who matter in the sport.
