Liam Lawson | |
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 Lawson at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix | |
| Born | 11 February 2002 Hastings, New Zealand |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  New Zealander |
| 2024 team | RB-Honda RBPT |
| Car number | 30[a] |
| Entries | 8 (8 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 6 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2023 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix |
| 2023 position | 20th (2 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| 2023 2021–2022 2021 2019–2020 2019–2020 2019 2018 2018 2017 2016–2017 | Super Formula FIA Formula 2 DTM FIA Formula 3 Toyota Racing Series Euroformula Open F3 Asian ADAC F4 Australian F4 NZ F1600 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2019 2016–17 | Toyota Racing Series NZ F1600 |
Liam Lawson (born 11 February 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for RB.
Born in Hastings and raised in Pukekohe, Lawson began competitive kart racing aged seven. Lawson—who is mentored by three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Ken Smith—graduated to junior formulae in 2015, winning his first title in the 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. 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. Lawson then competed in the 2023 Super Formula Championship, finishing runner-up to Ritomo Miyata with Mugen.
A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2019, 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 runner-up to Maximilian Götz amidst a controversial finale.
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