Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson says he would \u201csign something right now\u201d to remain with the team for the F1 2027 season if the decision belonged to him.<\/p>\n
Lawson is in his second full season in Formula 1 in F1 2026 after a rollercoaster first campaign in 2025.<\/p>\n
Liam Lawson would sign F1 2027 contract \u2018right now\u2019<\/p>\n
Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google<\/a> to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n The New Zealander was forced to wait until the final week of the season to learn that he would remain with Racing Bulls for 2026.<\/p>\n Lawson has enjoyed an encouraging start to the new season, recording a best finish of seventh place in both China and Canada as well as coming home ninth in Japan.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old sits 11 points ahead of teammate Arvid Lindblad, the only rookie driver on the F1 2026 grid.<\/p>\n Go deeper: Liam Lawson\u2019s Racing Bulls contract<\/p>\n F1 driver contracts: What is the contract status of every driver on the F1 2026 grid?<\/a><\/p>\n F1 2026 driver salaries: Who are the highest-paid drivers on the grid?<\/a><\/p>\n Ahead of this weekend\u2019s Monaco Grand Prix, the sixth race of the season, Lawson has insisted that it is too early to think about plans for F1 2027.<\/p>\n Yet he conceded that he would sign \u201cright now\u201d if offered a contract extension by Racing Bulls.<\/p>\n Asked if he is starting to think about his 2027 plans, Lawson told PlanetF1.com and other media outlets: \u201cNo.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s definitely early at the moment to talk about it.<\/p>\n \u201cBut at the moment I\u2019m just focused on trying to get the consistency we\u2019ve had from the first part of the year and carry that through the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n Put to him that he will not want to once again wait until December to know his plans for next year, he replied: \u201cYeah, but it\u2019s not my choice either!<\/p>\n \u201cIf it was my decision, I\u2019d sign something right now for next year, but it depends on a lot of things.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd right now, on that side I\u2019m just focused on keeping the consistency for the rest of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n Red Bull is renowned for providing opportunities to emerging drivers having brought the likes of Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo into F1 over the last two decades.<\/p>\n F2 driver Nikola Tsolov is currently the most senior driver in Red Bull\u2019s junior pool and the one most likely to emerge as a threat to Lawson\u2019s seat for F1 2027.<\/p>\n The Bulgarian currently occupies third place in the F2 standings having won the Australia feature race and the Miami sprint so far this season.<\/p>\n Tsolov, 19, trails F2 championship leader Gabriele Mini by 22 points entering the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n Lawson\u2019s former Racing Bulls teammate Yuki Tsunoda also remains attached to the team having been demoted to a reserve role by Red Bull for F1 2026.<\/p>\n Additional reporting by Thomas Maher<\/p>\n Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n You can also subscribe to the PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n