Lawson’s demotion means he will likely be racing for Crimson Bull’s junior group Racing Bulls this weekend.
The 23-year-old New Zealander is actually not the primary to have skilled this at Crimson Bull, with the group having developed a repute for being nice for giving younger expertise an opportunity, however ruthless with a driver in the event that they really feel it is not understanding.
In 2016, Daniil Kvyat was dropped after two high-profile crashes with Sebastian Vettel on the Russian Grand Prix – the fourth race of the season.
Present world champion Max Verstappen, who was 18 on the time, was promoted to switch Kvyat and the Dutchman made an immediate impression as he gained the Spanish Grand Prix – his first race for Crimson Bull and one which made him the youngest winner in F1 historical past.
Verstappen went on to dominate the game whereas Kvyat’s System 1 profession by no means actually recovered. He had a few seasons with Toro Rosso and AlphaTauri however has raced in several collection’ since 2022.
Sergio Perez was Verstappen’s team-mate final season however endured a tough run of kind as he struggled with the RB20 and he was dropped by Crimson Bull on the finish of the 12 months.
“Once I joined Crimson Bull, there had been nice drivers who had struggled – Alex [Albon], Pierre [Gasly], they’re incredible drivers they usually struggled,” Perez informed F1.com, exterior
“For me, it was quite simple, the automobile is simply fairly tough to get 100% out of it, to get the boldness out of it – and the issues I struggled with, even Adrian [Newey, the team’s former design chief] talked about them.”
Alguersuari is aware of all too effectively how powerful the game could be with all of the strain to carry out, notably at Crimson Bull.
He spent three seasons in F1 from 2009, primarily racing for Crimson Bull’s junior group Toro Rosso, the place he scored 25 of the group’s 40 factors in 2011 however misplaced his drive there on the finish of that season.
“Crimson Bull has the flexibility to make you’re feeling exterior of your consolation zone, to make you doubt your self,” Alguersuari added.
“Crimson Bull is a machine of destroying drivers as a result of they’ve this mentality and philosophy of what would not kill you makes you stronger. In order that they at all times push and put strain on you.
“Even at Toro Rosso they requested me to win a race or in any other case it was not adequate. You had this sense of not being adequate on a regular basis until you might be world champion.”
