Pink Bull advisor Helmut Marko says a call on Liam Lawson’s future will likely be made public subsequent month amid present stability inside the group’s driver program.
Sergio Perez had been below strain heading into the summer season break and it appeared he may very well be changed through the shutdown, however a gathering together with Marko and group principal Christian Horner led to a call to stay with Perez. That meant no promotion for Daniel Ricciardo or Yuki Tsunoda — strikes that might have opened up a seat for Lawson (pictured above) — however Marko says the New Zealander’s future will likely be resolved quickly.
“It’s a tricky time for somebody like Liam, particularly as he jumped into the automotive below very, very tough circumstances and did very properly [last season],” Marko advised ESPN. “We fee him excessive and he’ll get his probability. Simply wait. September, you’ll have a solution.
“Daniel was put within the automotive and if he would have been considerably quicker than Yuki there was an concept to carry him again to Pink Bull Racing. However he additionally had this up and down [form]. So, thus far, he didn’t fulfill the factors to be a Pink Bull Racing driver.”
Marko additionally defined why Pink Bull determined to proceed with Perez regardless of a poor run of performances, saying it’s right down to the group to offer him with a automotive that he can produce extra constant type in, reasonably than blame the driving force himself.
“We consider that we are able to flip it spherical and make it extra steady for him. To be teammate to Max [Verstappen] is just not the nicest factor in Formulation 1. Checo has his deserves — he’s gained races.
“Our dialogue was not nearly drivers, it was common discussions we had of, ‘What can we do to enhance the scenario?’ Now we have to attempt to make the automotive less difficult to drive.
“The harder the automotive is to drive, the extra the distinction to Max comes out as a result of he’s such an impressive expertise. If the rear steps out he gained’t raise the throttle, he’s simply, ‘Yeah, it’s a little bit bit nervous.’ Checo says it’s tough or it’s undriveable.
“To be subsequent to Max is a distinct story. So we stated let’s attempt to make the automotive less difficult to drive, get extra stability — which can be one thing Max needs — and the perfect factor is to maintain going with Checo. The principle drawback was this up and down. He had some superb outcomes, superb performances, then the following day he was half a second or so off Max.”
