The Argentinian Franco Colapinto renews his hopes of being part of the grid of the Formula 1 for the year 2025. The Red Bull team confirmed that Liam Lawson as the replacement for Sergio Perez within the official team. This opens a great chance for Franco Colapinto to confirm his ownership thinking about next season. After several days of uncertainty and many rumors that tipped the balance one way or the otherit ended up being confirmed that the Mexican was leaving the Austrian team and this allowed the young driver from New Zealand to enter. In this way, the satellite team’s seat is free. Red Bull and the chance appears again for Franco Colapinto
With this confirmation and the arrival of Liam Lawson at Red Bull The chance appears to use the seat left by the young 23-year-old driver in the Red Bull satellite team. So all eyes point to Franco Colapinto who could be Yuki Tsunoda’s partner on the RB team. The possibility is concrete. It is true that the Argentine is on Flavio Briatore’s radar to take him to Alpine and be Pierre Gasly’s teammate, but the chance to become an official Red Bull driver is clear and it was one of the proposals that were discussed among the Argentine.
The arrival of Liam Lawson occurs in the middle of a whirlwind that lasted longer than necessary. Checo had confirmed that he would continue at Red Bull and the team had not expressed itself in a concrete way despite hinting at some possibilities in recent days. The negotiations between the Mexican and the Austrian structure consumed several days until they reached an agreement and thus confirmed the departure of Checo who announced his departure and the team 16 hours later confirmed Liam Lawson.
«It’s a lifelong dream for me, it’s something I’ve wanted and worked for since I was eight years old. It has been an incredible journey so far,” said Liam Lawson, who with his arrival confirms that Red Bull maintains its policy of giving priority and continuity to the drivers who belong to its academy. At the time There was talk of the possibility of Franco Colapinto but not being a member of the Red Bull academy appeared to be a serious obstacle to being able to continue in F1 under the wing of the Austrian team.
Liam Lawson will have the difficult task of immediately adapting to the conditions established by the team and mainly by Max Vertappen, Red Bull’s strong man, who is the team’s number one driver and that is non-negotiable. Liam arrives at this place with two seasons in F1 intermittently. Its irregularity is a point against and perhaps could be a weak point for someone who will have to endure the pressures of scoring points and helping Verstappen maintain his reign and be able to return the constructors’ title to Red Bull.
Liam did not look out of place every time he had to replace a pilot. At the time and when the team was called Alpha Tauri, Lawson had to replace Daniel Ricciardo who had an accident at the Dutch GP and broke his wrist. At that time the young New Zealander had to replace the Australian for five competitions. This allowed him be considered to join the team this season managing to enter the points zone in his first competition in the GP of the Americas.
This good performance earned him the attention of Horner and Helmut who already knew him from his presence at the Red Bull academy. It was thus that at the moment of tipping the balance they chose Liam over Yuki Tsunoda who had left very good impressions at the time of developing the free tests after the 2024 championship ended at the Yas Marina circuit. Now everything is in the hands of Liam who must prove that he has the ability to endure coexistence in a team that is usually condemnatory for good old Max’s colleagues.