Liam Lawson has shared his first thoughts on what F1 fans should expect this year as the cars undergo a considerable change.<\/p>\n
The regulations have received a major shake-up this year, with the aerodynamics and power units being completely revamped.<\/p>\n
Racing Bulls will launch their livery later this week at an event in Detroit before the car gets its on-track debut in Barcelona at the end of the month.<\/p>\n
Based on his initial experience with the car in the simulator, Lawson is expecting a dramatic shift from what the drivers are currently used to.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be different,\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually haven\u2019t driven the car in person yet, I go back and we have the car launch later in the week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some testing coming up, a lot more testing this year with the new regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far it\u2019s just simulator work that I\u2019ve done, it\u2019s very, very different.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout sharing too much, it\u2019s going to be a very different spectacle for fans to watch. Hopefully it\u2019s good, and hopefully we have a fast car.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawson enters the upcoming season after aiding Racing Bulls to sixth in the constructors’ championship in 2025.<\/p>\n
As he seeks to take a further step up the pecking order, the New Zealander is also hoping to use the regulations reset as an chance to grow as a driver.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity, when you have a regulation change like this, it creates a window for the drivers to put a little more effort in or have that opportunity to develop a car,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came into F1 at the very end of a regulation when the cars were fully developed. You\u2019re driving what the car is, but it\u2019s going to be a lot more open.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully it\u2019s an opportunity to help that development.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson has shared his first thoughts on what F1 fans should expect this year as the cars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,830,828,831,829,826,813,816,823,825,824,822,85],"class_list":["post-409255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409255","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=409255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}