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Lawson: ‘I wasn’t attempting to show some extent’ defying Alonso, Perez
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Lawson: ‘I wasn’t attempting to show some extent’ defying Alonso, Perez

By Miles Cooper January 16, 2025
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New Purple Bull driver Liam Lawson has insisted he was not “attempting to set an instance” along with his laborious racing throughout his six-round marketing campaign in Method 1 final yr.

The Kiwi changed Daniel Ricciardo at RB [now known as Racing Bulls] forward of the final two triple-headers of the 2024 season, as Purple Bull was eager to judge him with a view to selling him to the principle group – and finally did so.

In his first two grands prix again since his F1 debut in 2023 – then additionally standing in for Ricciardo, who had fractured his hand – Lawson made waves along with his uncompromising racing, drawing the ire of Fernando Alonso on the Circuit of the Americas and Sergio Perez in Mexico.

Each veterans felt Lawson was driving too aggressively, significantly along with his strong defensive strikes. Alonso referred to as the teenager an “fool” over group radio whereas Perez advised media that Lawson wanted to be “extra humble”.

However, the RB driver was not disciplined by the stewards.

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Requested by Motorsport.com in an end-of-season interview whether or not he was striving to put down markers and present he’s no pushover, Lawson replied: “No, it is not like… I am not attempting to set an instance or something like that.

“I really feel like I am racing everyone the identical manner, I am not racing anyone any otherwise.

“I’ve a really brief window right here in the mean time, so it is crucial [to prove myself], however I am not attempting to set an instance, or set, like, a – I do not know what the phrase is. Show some extent? I am probably not attempting to do this, no.”

Lawson: ‘I wasn’t attempting to show some extent’ defying Alonso, Perez

Liam Lawson, RB F1 Staff VCARB 01, Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing RB20

Photograph by: Purple Bull Content material Pool

Lawson took ninth place on his F1 return at the US Grand Prix, following his elbows-out battles with Alonso.

“There is a little bit of aid with that,” the New Zealander admitted. “Clearly all of us have self-belief, all of us consider in our potential, however when you have not pushed for a very long time, it is laborious to know precisely the place you are going to be. As a lot as you count on otherwise you need to ship, you simply do not know till you are driving the automobile.

“It was good to begin like that, and clearly from there it gave me good confidence going ahead.”

Talking earlier than he was introduced as Max Verstappen’s team-mate for the 2025 season, Lawson described his interim efficiency as “a few sturdy races and a few not sturdy races” and vowed to study from the errors made within the latter.

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