Formula 1: What Liam Lawson’s return really says about his future prospects – Alex Powell

ANALYSIS: Red Bull are not setting the Kiwi up to fail at Zandvoort.

The 24-year-old admits the call-up came without warning, but feels far better prepared for his second shot in the top team.

Call it cosmic karma or poetic justice, but on the scene of Liam Lawson's Formula 1 debut, deputising for Daniel Ricciardo in 2023, the New Zealander is again replacing a driver in the Red Bull stable at Zandvoort because of a hand injury. Lawson eventually used his five-race stint with AlphaTauri in 2023 as a launch p