Liam Lawson, an F2 driver and a part of the Crimson Bull Racing Junior Academy, will quickly be competing in Japan’s Tremendous System sequence in 2023. This may come as a slight shock to F1 followers because the teenager was doing fairly effectively in F2 and will’ve been one of many prime candidates to affix an F1 crew.
He broke the information about transferring to Japan’s Tremendous System sequence via an Instagram submit. He was seen driving a Mugen Racing crew automobile across the Suzuka Worldwide Circuit. He whole-heartedly thanked the crew for the chance to drive within the racing sequence. He wrote:
“This automobile round this observe.. among the best experiences I’ve had in a race automobile! Thanks @team_mugen.official.”
The 20-year-old has had an excellent racing profession, ending in third place within the 2022 F2 championship and likewise taking part in numerous different racing sequence. Since Liam Lawson is likely one of the high younger drivers within the Crimson Bull Racing junior crew, he has additionally pushed for the Milton Keynes-based crew throughout apply and testing classes.
He was just lately seen taking part in postseason tire testing classes in Abu Dhabi, the place he drove the Crimson Bull and AlphaTauri vehicles.
Though the F1 feeder sequence is extraordinarily essential for younger drivers to organize for the F1, this segway to the Tremendous System sequence can also be helpful for gaining expertise in driving completely different open-wheel vehicles. Pierre Gasly, a former Crimson Bull junior driver at present driving for Alpine, additionally competed within the Tremendous System sequence again in 2017, the place he got here fairly near profitable the championship.
F1’s cost-cap penalty on Crimson Bull a heavy punishment, says Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen expressed his ideas on the cruel penalty imposed on his crew after they went over the finances within the 2021 F1 season. Because the FIA investigated the state of affairs, the overspending was revealed and the crew was penalized.
Throughout an unique interview with RacingNews365, Verstappen spoke about how the punishment affected the crew. Attributable to overspending throughout the 2021 F1 season, the crew shall be punished within the 2023 season with diminished wind tunnel time and a hefty effective. Therefore, the Dutchman is barely anxious about subsequent season and the way different groups will benefit from this. He mentioned:
“Most likely everyone seems to be extra motivated due to this. I personally assume it’s a heavy punishment for what now we have completed, however sure, what can we do about it? It occurred and we’ll see subsequent yr what impact it actually has had on us.”
Together with Crimson Bull, Aston Martin additionally overspent on their automobile’s efficiency throughout the 2021 F1 season. Nonetheless, they weren’t penalized as closely as Crimson Bull, since their cost-cap breach was solely procedural.