‘Unlikely’ Williams will take Liam Lawson for just one year, says Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner
Despite impressing in his three outings as a stand-in for the injured 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri, the 21-year-old New Zealander has missed out on a full-time race seat for 2024, with Red Bull sticking with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda and the experience of Ricciardo.
There have been suggestions that Red Bull could place Lawson at Williams next season, replacing the under-pressure 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant.
But Horner has poured cold w✤ater on the likelih𓆏ood of that scenario becoming a reality.
“It will be unlikꦺely that they will take a driver for one year,” H▨orner told Sky when asked about the possibility of placing Lawson at Williams for next year.
When asked if there was any more Lawson could have done to seal an AlphaTauri drive for 2024, Horner🐭 𒅌replied: “No I don’t think so.
“Look, all of those drivers are Red B🅠ull Racing drivers, effectively placed at AlphaTauri.
“Daniel, with his experience and his motivation to come back, I think he’ll add great leadership to that team, and a great benchmark.&nbsꦿp;
“Yuki has been making progress and I think having Dani꧅el there as that benchmark, he’ll only learn from that.
“Liam, it’s only a matter of time before he gets his opportunity and full-time chance. To have the three of them there is very str🙈ong for the group.”
Horner admitted that Lawson “turned heads and gave us some🌠thing to think about” with his performance in Singapore.
“I think he certainly turned heads🔥 and gave us somethin✅g to think about, in particular following his Singapore drive,” Horner said.
“He’s doing everything possible to justify a case for a full-time drive but unfortuna🎶tely three into two doesn’t go.”
And Horner stressed that Red Bull are keeping all of the♋ir options open for 2025.
“At Red Bull Racing we want the best two drivꦇers that are available,” he added.
“We’ve got a long-term contract with Max. Checo is out of contract at the end of 2🧜4, and so you want to explore and see all of thoܫse options.
“Checo is in the hot seat at the moment and will obviously will be keen ༺to extend.
“We’ll see how Daniel does, we’ll𒈔 see how Yuki does and in the background, we’ll see what Liam’s capable of in the test and reserve role.”
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