Liam Lawson to join Red Bull Racing for 2025
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MILTON KEYNES, England — Liam Lawson will partner world champion Max Verstappen at Red Bull in 2025, the Formula 1 team said on Thursday.
Lawson, a New Zealander, replaces Sergio Perez, who was dropped on Wednesday after months of poor results.
The 22-year-old Lawson will switch from Racing Bulls, Red Bull’s sister team, after racing as a replacement driver in 2023 and this year. He started in Red Bull’s junior program.
Lawson said it was a “lifelong dream” to be racing with Red Bull.
“This is something I’ve wanted and worked toward since I was 8 years old,” he said. “It’s been an incredible journey so far.”
Perez’s contract was terminated two years early, the Mexican ditched after being rarely competitive this season. He had not won a race since April 2023 and the last time he finished higher than sixth in a grand prix was in May. Meanwhile, Verstappen continued to dominate F1.
Lawson joined Red Bull’s junior program in 2019 and made his F1 debut at the Dutch Grand Prix in 2023 with Scuderia AlphaTauri — which was later rebranded as Racing Bulls — in place of the injured Daniel Ricciardo. He completed five races for the team that year.
This year, Dawson had a points-scoring finish at the United States Grand Prix, again replacing Ricciardo.
» Associated Press