| Liam Lawson | |
|---|---|
 Lawson in 2022 | |
| Born | 11 February 2002 Hastings, New Zealand |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  New Zealander |
| 2024 team | RB-Honda RBPT |
| Car number | 30 |
| Entries | 5 (5 starts) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 2 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2023 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2023 Qatar Grand Prix |
| 2023 position | 20th (2 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2023 2021–22 2021 2019–20 2019–20 2019 2018 2018 2017 2016–17 | Super Formula Championship FIA Formula 2 Championship DTM FIA Formula 3 Championship Toyota Racing Series Euroformula Open Championship F3 Asian Championship ADAC Formula 4 Australian F4 Championship NZ F1600 Championship Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2019 2016–17 | Toyota Racing Series NZ F1600 Championship Series |
Liam Lawson (born 11 February 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver who is set to compete in Formula One for RB.
Lawson—who is mentored by three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Ken Smith—graduated from karting to junior formulae in 2015, winning his first championship at the 2016–17 NZ F1600 Championship as a privateer. He finished runner-up in the 2017 Australian F4, 2018 ADAC F4 and 2019 Euroformula Open championships, before winning the Toyota Racing Series in 2019 with M2 Competition. Lawson then progressed to FIA Formula 3 in 2020 before moving to Formula 2 in 2021, where he placed third the following season with Carlin Motorsport. Lawson competed in the 2023 Super Formula Championship, finishing as runner-up to Ritomo Miyata with Mugen.
A member of the Red Bull Junior Team from 2019 to 2023, Lawson was a reserve driver for both Red Bull and AlphaTauri—later known as RB—from 2022 to 2024. Lawson made his Formula One debut at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, replacing an injured Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri for five Grands Prix in 2023, scoring a points finish in Singapore. He replaced Ricciardo full-time at the re-branded RB in 2024 from the United States Grand Prix onwards.
Outside of Formula One, Lawson competed in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Red Bull AF Corse alongside Alex Albon, finishing as runner-up to Maximilian Götz amidst a controversial finale.[1][2]
- ^ "Norisring DTM: Gotz wins title after Mercedes imposes team orders". Motorsport.com. 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Lawson hits out at "idiot" van der Linde after losing DTM title". Motorsport.com. 11 October 2021.