Liam Lawson's filming day for Red Bull at Silverstone on Thursday could prove critical for deciding on driver line-ups for F1 2025, and perhaps even sooner...
Liam Lawson is set for a crucial day behind the wheel of Red Bull ’s RB20 on Thursday, with 200 kilometres of track time at his disposal to impress.
Assuming the team uses the full Grand Prix circuit, Lawson will thus have 34 laps of the track – and these 34 laps could end up proving crucial for his immediate future. There are similarities between this outing and Ricciardo’s decisive test in the RB19 at the same circuit at the same point of last year. With Nyck de Vries struggling in the AlphaTauri, Red Bull placed Ricciardo behind the wheel of the RB19 for a Pirelli tyre test – which used existing and prototype tyre compounds – and his pace proved enough to lead Red Bull to make the decision to immediately replace De Vries with the Australian for the rest of the season.
“If all of you read too much into these things, I’m actually doing a lap at Silverstone in the RB8 on Thursday as well so you never know,” he joked. “In all seriousness, the Liam aero run, it has been planned for a couple of months now. Speaking to Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport, Helmut Marko didn’t shut down the scenario facing Horner and Red Bull as he said: “We’ll know more by the summer break.”
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