{"id":871549,"date":"2026-08-26T01:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871549\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T01:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:18:13","slug":"liam-lawson-got-more-comfortable-at-red-bull-in-dutch-gp-outing-than-during-his-2025-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/871549\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson got more comfortable at Red Bull in Dutch GP outing than during his 2025 stint"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Red Bull stand-in\u00a0Liam Lawson<\/a> says it is impossible to compare the current RB22 with the previous Formula 1 car he drove with the Austrian outfit, the Kiwi admits he felt much \u201cmore comfortable\u201d in the car than he did during his first stint at\u00a0Red Bull Racing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Racing Bulls<\/a> driver was called up to race for the senior team at last weekend\u2019s Dutch Grand Prix in the place of the injured Isack Hadjar<\/a>. It marked a return to Red Bull Racing for Lawson after he drove for the team at the start of the 2025 season, but was dropped after just two races.<\/p>\n

After managing to score his best Red Bull result with seventh at Zandvoort, Lawson has now shed more light on his two experiences at the Milton Keynes-based team.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, with how last year was, with those two weekends, the way those weekends played out, being two tracks I’d never done, I honestly still don’t think I even have an opinion on what that car was to drive,\u201d Lawson said when asked by Motorsport.com about his experiences in last year\u2019s RB21.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I got more comfortable in this [the RB22] in a weekend, so yeah, it’s very hard to compare.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Liam <\/p>\n

Liam Lawson raced two grands prix for Red Bull in 2025<\/p>\n

Photo by: Glenn Dunbar \/ Motorsport Images<\/p>\n

When asked for the kinds of differences between the RB22 and the VCARB 03, Lawson pointed to the differing aerodynamic philosophies deployed by the two teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe car is completely different, obviously, aerodynamically,\u201d he told Motorsport.com. \u201cAnd, as well, there’s always things that, you know, personally, as drivers, we try and make our cars comfortable for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd there’s some things that, when you switch a car for a weekend, you can’t just automatically change those things. So, there’s stuff in this car that aren’t the same as mine, in terms of just driver comfort, that I’ve had to get my head around. Without being too specific, but that’s stuff that has probably been the most challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawson was called up after Hadjar injured his wrist while training over F1\u2019s summer break.<\/p>\n

The team has not yet confirmed when the Frenchman will be deemed fit enough to make his F1 return, but\u00a0Hadjar revealed that MotoGP champion Marc Marquez warned him against rushing his return to competition.<\/p>\n

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