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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLiam Lawson drove a Red Bull at the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLiam Lawson drove a Red Bull at the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Speedcafe, Lawson said racing at Mount Panorama is something he wants to experience properly after completing a demonstration run in a Red Bull Formula 1 car at the circuit in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, definitely,\u201d Lawson said when asked if he wanted to race at Bathurst one day.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter driving the F1 car around there, it\u2019s something that I\u2019ve always wanted to race at, and I would love to in the future. Even if it\u2019s as a co-driver, I would love to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawson\u2019s laps at Mount Panorama came during the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour weekend, where he piloted Red Bull\u2019s RB7 F1 car in a special demonstration.<\/p>\n
It marked the first time an F1 car had run at the circuit since Jenson Button and Craig Lowndes in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After his outing, Lawson called it \u201cthe coolest thing I\u2019ve ever done in my life,\u201d having gone full-throttle down Conrod Straight and described the experience as \u201ccompletely crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Two years on, and now a full-time F1 driver with Racing Bulls, the 23-year-old said he plans to tune in to watch Sunday\u2019s Bathurst 1000 \u2014 and has already made his pick for the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cMatt Payne,\u201d said Lawson.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my best mates, growing up racing him, so he\u2019s my pick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawson and Payne\u2019s friendship dates back to childhood in Pukekohe, where the pair grew up on the same street and began karting together.<\/p>\n
The Racing Bulls driver has previously credited Payne with sparking his own motorsport career, saying earlier this year, \u201cMatthew is arguably the reason I\u2019m a racing driver.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair have remained close through their respective rises, with Payne now established as one of Supercars\u2019 brightest young talents.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Grove Racing driver claimed his first career win in Adelaide in 2023 and heads into Bathurst in strong form, already a multiple winner in 2025 and currently sitting third in the championship.<\/p>\n
His best result at Mount Panorama came on debut in 2022, finishing sixth alongside Lee Holdsworth.<\/p>\n
Payne has also been one of Lawson\u2019s biggest supporters.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the Supercars driver publicly defended his long-time friend after Lawson\u2019s early-season struggles at Red Bull, calling the criticism \u201cterrible\u201d and insisting his ability \u201chas been proved countless times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawson said his future Bathurst ambitions are genuine, adding that a co-driver role would be a dream opportunity if his F1 schedule ever allowed it.<\/p>\n
Having already sampled the Mountain in an F1 car, it\u2019s clear the appeal of Australia\u2019s most famous race hasn\u2019t faded.<\/p>\n
\u201cBathurst has been something that I\u2019ve grown up watching,\u201d Lawson said in an earlier interview. \u201cSo, I would love to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson drove a Red Bull at the 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour. Speaking to Speedcafe, Lawson said racing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,12356,817,813,816,3352,101818,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-204584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bathurst-1000","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-liam-lawson","15":"tag-matt-payne","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}