2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg has suggested Liam Lawson is unlikely to be considered a long-term option for Red Bull despite his substitute appearances this year.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Lawson was called up to replace an injured Isack Hadjar when the sport returned from the summer break, standing in at Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Red Bull has not yet communicated if Lawson will remain behind the wheel in Baku, which kick-starts the first triple-header of the season.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, former F1 strategist Bernie Collins insisted the Milton Keynes-based squad will be keen to get Hadjar back as soon as possible, rather than in the middle of the run of three races.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cLiam has done a very good job getting into that Red Bull car in the three races that he’s raced now,\u201d Collins told Sky F1.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will try to get Hadjar back as quickly as they possibly can because, when we go to Baku, you’re into three races on the trot, three weeks in a row.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don’t want to be sort of mixing around midway through that.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tRosberg questions Lawson level with Verstappen, Vettel comparison<\/p>\n
Lawson has enjoyed a positive F1 campaign in 2026, with frequent finishes inside the points.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
His current Red Bull stint has been a much more positive outing compared to his 2025 form, when he endured a disastrous opening two rounds with the squad before being sent back to Racing Bulls.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Despite his encouraging performances, Rosberg suggested Lawson is not the long-term solution Red Bull is looking for.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThat’s certainly a difficult decision,\u201d Rosberg told Sky F1.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cThey do need to decide at some point. The thing for Red Bull, though, is they’re looking for the next Max Verstappen and the next Sebastian Vettel.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything else is just not good enough. At the moment, I’m not sure that Liam Lawson would be considered at that level with what he’s been producing so far.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Lindblad and also Hajar, it’s still possible, in the discussions for them.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg has suggested Liam Lawson is unlikely to be considered a long-term option for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899236,"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-899235","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\/899235","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=899235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}