Crimson Bull “could be open” to loaning Liam Lawson to Williams for the Italian Grand Prix, based on Christian Horner.
Williams has sounded out the supply of potential replacements for Logan Sargeant ought to it make a mid-season change to its driver lineup, following an costly crash for Sargeant throughout FP3 on the Dutch Grand Prix. Lawson is known to be one such title on the checklist, and Horner says he isn’t in opposition to Lawson driving one other automobile on brief discover however would need him to nonetheless be out there to the 2 Crimson Bull groups as a reserve driver if required.
“It could rely on which phrases and if we would have liked him again that we might have him again fairly rapidly,” Horner stated. “However we’d actually… in the event that they wanted a driver subsequent weekend, we’d be open to that. However that’s a Williams query moderately than one for us to reply.”
RACER understands it was not simply Crimson Bull that was approached to know potential driver availability, however Williams refused to be drawn on whether or not a change could possibly be made as quickly as subsequent weekend’s race at Monza.
“We’re not going to get into hypothesis,” a crew spokesperson stated. “There have been a whole lot of false rumors about Logan and his seat this yr. As James [Vowles] maintains, F1 is a meritocracy however as a crew we’re centered on delivering the very best leads to the upcoming races.”
Sargeant will cease racing for Williams in 2025 when he’s changed by Carlos Sainz, who has signed a multi-year deal to affix Alex Albon on the crew.