Williams F1 boss James Vowles responds to Liam Lawson suggestion | Christian Horner says Red Bull have “luxury problem”
Red Bull junior Lawson has impressed as a stand-in for the injured168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri but may miss out on a full-time seat with the team next year, with Ricciardo and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda appearing set to stay.
With 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant continuing to struggle as he battles to save his seat alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon, there h�🀅�ave been suggestions that Red Bull could loan Lawson to Williams for 2024.
Vowles admitted that the 21-year-old New Zealander has done an “impressive” job so far but refused to directly answer whether he is someone Williams aꦍre interested in.
“So he’s been impressive in꧅ the few races he’s had here,♉” Vowles told Sky during FP1.
“Obviously if you cast your mind back a bit, he and Logan were teammates back in F2. Both finishing pretty much together in the championship, so we𒀰 have a direct c🌞omparison of the two of them in that environment.
“I think what we don’t have at the moment, with different cars👍, different situations at the moment, is knowing how they compare between a Williams and an AlphaTauri at this stage.
“Nevertheless, to keep hꦉis head in Singapore, he did a strong job.
“Red Bull have a number of drivers but just two seats. So it will be interesting to see where they go with that decision-ma🌜king now.”
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said Lawson has “done a tremendous job and certainly put himself firmly on the radar and cementedও the feeling 𒀰that we had about him.”
About Red Bull’s driver dilemma for 2024, Horner added: “We’ve got a ไluxury problem with three into two ♏in that team, but there’s three great drivers and it’s a nice headache to have.
“He will be a grand prix driver - he already is a grand prix driver - whe𒅌ther he has to wait a little bit for that. I think he’s demonstrating that he is a talent for the future.”
Asked whether Red Bull would consider loaning Lawson out or would prefer to keepℱ him within their family, Horner said: “He’s in the Red Bull family.
"I think there’s only one seat available. We’ve ꧅done that in the past when for example Carlos Sainz went on loan to the previous Renault team.
“But I thꦕink, if he’s not si𒁃tting in a grand prix seat next year, then he’s going to have plenty on his plate with other stuff to do.”
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