Liam Lawson says the opportunity of incomes a Crimson Bull F1 seat for 2025 is “not in my thoughts” as he appears to safe a full-time drive.
The 22-year-old New Zealander will get an end-of-season cameo for Crimson Bull’s second crew having changed the axed Daniel Ricciardo for the remaining six races of the yr.
Crimson Bull are but to verify who will accomplice Yuki Tsunoda at RB subsequent season however Lawson is the main candidate for the full-time drive. He additionally has an opportunity to stake a declare as a possible substitute for Sergio Perez within the senior crew.
However Lawson insists he’s not fascinated with the prospect of driving for Crimson Bull simply but.
“It’s not in my thoughts, however I’m undoubtedly conscious that being within the second crew to Crimson Bull Racing that the longer term, if I do job, goes to [Red Bull],” Lawson instructed the F1 Nation podcast.
“My purpose is to go to Crimson Bull Racing sooner or later and I do know from their facet as nicely, they’re attempting to search for the way forward for Crimson Bull Racing for when both Max or Checo ultimately go someplace, they at all times want drivers to be prepared for that.
“So I’m mainly conscious that if I do job, then that’s the place my future is. When that may occur? That’s not one thing I’m actually fascinated with as a result of I do know it’s going to fully depend upon how I’m going in my present seat.”
Chatting with the identical podcast earlier this month, Crimson Bull crew principal Christian Horner instructed that Lawson has a chance to place himself within the body to accomplice Max Verstappen as early as 2025.
“This goes past VCARB, it encompasses Crimson Bull Racing,” Horner stated. “Clearly we’ve bought a contract with Sergio for subsequent yr, however you’ve at all times bought to have a watch out when it comes to what comes subsequent.”
Lawson revealed what Crimson Bull is anticipating of him within the last races of 2024.
“Mainly, they’re anticipating me to carry out no less than in addition to Yuki, I’d say, is what the purpose is from the crew. They need me to match him and mainly carry out. They need factors,” he defined.
“Clearly, the crew is preventing for sixth within the Constructors’, and that’s fairly necessary for VCARB, so to mainly rating factors is the purpose.
“If we’re scoring factors, then I feel, at that time, we’re mainly doing job. In order that’s, actually, the goal that’s been set. However we’re at all times being evaluated.”
