{"id":26050,"date":"2024-10-31T06:02:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=26050"},"modified":"2024-10-31T06:06:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:06:25","slug":"liam-lawson-promotion-on-the-cards-he-has-proven-his-qualities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/31\/liam-lawson-promotion-on-the-cards-he-has-proven-his-qualities\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson promotion on the cards: &#8220;He has proven his qualities&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the F1 circus heads to this weekend&#8217;s Brazilian GP, there is more scrutiny than ever on <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/30\/f1-news-red-bull-can-only-do-so-much-to-keep-perez\/\" target=\"_self\">Sergio Perez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/23\/liam-lawson-reveals-red-bull-targets-that-was-the-expectation\/\" target=\"_self\">Liam Lawson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/18\/yuki-tsunoda-i-deserve-to-drive-for-red-bull\/\" target=\"_self\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a>. All three drivers are competing for a Red Bull promotion &#8211; though the evidence suggests that Lawson is leading the race.<\/p>\n<h2>Red Bull pleased with early Liam Lawson results<\/h2>\n<p>In just two races, Lawson has generated his fair share of F1 headlines. The 22-year-old showed impressive pace to climb the field in COTA and finish in 9th &#8211; immediately impressing the Red Bull hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>The Kiwi also engaged in some intense wheel-to-wheel battles with Fernando Alonso, earning him some criticism from the Double World Champion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/28\/lawson-apologises-for-showing-perez-middle-finger-at-mexico-gp\/\" target=\"_self\">Lawson&#8217;s shenanigans did not end in Texas<\/a>, as he found himself coming to blows with Sergio Perez at the Mexico GP.<\/p>\n<p>Although Red Bull were not thrilled with his aggressive driving in Mexico city, Lawson&#8217;s speed was clear.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of his messy Perez duel, the 22-year-old is meeting the expectations set by Christian Horner and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/27\/helmut-marko-issues-damming-yuki-tsunoda-verdict\/\" target=\"_self\">Helmut Marko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Liam Lawson came back very strongly in the USA and finished ninth,&#8221; Helmut Marko wrote on Speedweek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-4q8v4vwRvVWpg_YUgCIWQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2181405679\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-4q8v4vwRvVWpg_YUgCIWQ',sig:'K7U2Yy1bufB4mhQ6WhW3YunQsmQRL9TtjtMcb6Y-TaM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2181405679',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And I was also impressed by how he steadily improved in Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Without the botched lap by Tsunoda, the New Zealander would have finished in the top ten in qualifying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So far, Liam Lawson has proven his qualities and confirmed the trust placed in him.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Big decisions are imminent<\/h3>\n<p>The three-week break after Sunday&#8217;s Brazilian GP will be a crucial period for Liam Lawson.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull have already refused to make guarantees about Sergio Perez&#8217;s future &#8211; with his results rapidly chipping away at the team&#8217;s patience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/30\/f1-news-ferrari-optimistic-about-progress-on-2025-car\/\" target=\"_self\">Ferrari<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/23\/mclaren-hint-at-bigger-upgrades-for-upcoming-races\/\" target=\"_self\">McLaren<\/a> are likely beyond reach in this year&#8217;s constructors&#8217; battle, largely thanks to the 200-point gap between Verstappen and Perez.<\/p>\n<p>To have a chance of fighting for the teams&#8217; Championship, Christian Horner has admitted a stronger driver line-up is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Lawson represents a relatively straight-forward option for the defending Champions.<\/p>\n<p>Considering their doubts and trepidations about promoting Tsunoda, the Kiwi remains the favourite to become Max Verstappen&#8217;s teammate.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Lawson joining VCARB so late in the season, Red Bull only have a small sample size to analyse.<\/p>\n<p>This means that every race, including this weekend&#8217;s action at Interlagos, could change their calculations for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, the dynamics at the Austrian squad are prone to evolving over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Horner&#8217;s confirmation that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/30\/christian-horner-confirms-red-bull-interest-in-franco-colapinto\/\" target=\"_self\">Franco Colapinto is on the team&#8217;s radar<\/a> serves as a reminder that Red Bull are considering all potential scenarios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the F1 circus heads to this weekend&#8217;s Brazilian GP, there is more scrutiny than ever on Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda. All three drivers are competing for a Red Bull promotion &#8211; though the evidence suggests that Lawson is leading the race. Red Bull pleased with early Liam Lawson results In just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":26002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,68,465,610,2349,2246],"class_list":["post-26050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-helmut-marko","tag-lawson","tag-vcarb"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}