Slecht nieuws voor Lawson: "We zijn blij met onze huidige coureurs"

Als ik Liam was zou ik rap mijn bulltje pakken, en bij Williams voor de deur gaan liggen.

Hoe kun je nu blij zijn met Perez en Ricciardo?
Als 18e kwalificeren in een Red Bull, 18e!!!! Alleen 2 Saubers waren langzamer.
En Ricciardo, wat heeft hij dan tot nu toe laten zien? Een hele sterke sprint race in Miami en verder.... NIKS! Compleet om de oren gereden door Yuki.

Dit komt uit de persconferentie van vorige week. Hier nog een paar quotes:

Q: Let's talk drivers. Yuki, first of all, he's scored points in four of the last five races.
Do you feel he's improved since last year?

Peter Bayer: I definitely believe he has made a big step forward. It's physical preparation, but it's also his mental readiness to perform and deliver. One example I mentioned the other day: I think he simply understood that every time he would be swearing on the radio, that would cost him a tenth. So he's got himself under control. He's extremely professional in the work that he's putting into the feedback with the engineers. And yes, he definitely made a big step up.

Q: Are you keen to keep him next year?

PB: Yes.

Q: When are you going to confirm your drivers for next year?

PB: I think we're very happy with both of our drivers. And honestly, we're not wasting time with discussing ifs and whens. We have a very strong line-up. We have a great reserve driver. We have great talent coming through F2, F3. And currently, it's all about focusing on performance. And perhaps the focus is more on Aston Martin in front of us than on driver discussions.

Q: (Ian Parkes – New York Times) Peter, you mentioned that you're happy with both your drivers, but just to remind you that last year, following Liam Lawson's performances for the team, Helmut Marko turned around and said that he was pretty much going to be a shoe-in for 2025. So where does Liam figure in your plans? Similarly to Christian, you might want to answer that as well as his reserve driver. But also, are either of Peter's drivers still on your shortlist for that number two seat?

PB: Yeah, look, Liam is an extremely valuable member to the team. He's with us every weekend, obviously. He's doing a lot of work in the simulator. But as I said before, currently we have two drivers in the cars. We are finding performance with the two. And we really do not discuss the 2025 situation, perhaps because we're in a luxury situation of having that strong grassroot pyramid behind us. And so the focus is really on track and on the next couple of races until definitely the summer break.

Christian Horner: Yeah, look, I mean, they're all Red Bull Racing drivers, and we're only at race eight, so still plenty of time. It's good to see the youngsters performing well, and it's good to have that competition as well. So Liam is undoubtedly keen to get back into a race situation. The drivers in Formula 2 are performing well at the moment, Formula 3 likewise. So we have a strong vein of talent.

Q: Final one from me. Both drivers lost positions at the start last time out at Imola. I think both lost two places. Is that an area of concern as we head into the race weekend here?

PB: We had throughout the season very mixed emotions on the starts. Very good ones, not so good ones, like in Imola. But perhaps in Imola it was sort of aggravated by the fact that you've got that Turn 1 and it can stack up on the left side or on the right side. And we got a bit unlucky with getting stuck on the left side. But yes, I believe that we can improve like in all areas. We will definitely look at all the different elements from tyres to the clutch, to all that comes with it. But I guess one thing I can say is, you know, it seems to our optimum seems to be in a very narrow window and probably looking into how we can enlarge the window for the operation and the procedure a bit so that it's a bit more forgiving than what it currently is.

VCARB wil natuurlijk zo weinig mogelijk punten binnen halen....als je je daarin berust is het plausibel dat Peter Bayer Ricciardo laat zitten waar hij zit....."en dat paard maar hinniken"...huh, ik bedoel "en Ricciardo maar lachen" om dit besluit.

Ik denk als hij het stoeltje van Ricciardo zou pakken, hij gelijk sneller is en meer punten pakt. Als Ricciardo zo goed is voor de marketing, laat hem dan maar mooi als ambassadeur voor Red Bull laten werken.

Sorry hoor, maar ik vind dit een uitspraak van niks. Hoe wil men die uitspraak onderbouwen? Ricciardo zal nooit de oude worden en Perez is ook te wisselend en van mij mogen ze beide coureurs vervangen.

Hoe kunnen ze nou in vredesnaam tevreden zijn met die uitgebluste schoenslurper?

Er is misschien nog hoop voor LIam want Yuki wordt ook genoemd bij Sauber voor 1 jaar om zich daarna in 2026 bij AM Honda te voegen.
Sainz dus bij Williams voor 1 of 2 jaar om daarna dan door te schuiven naar Audi.

Ongelofelijk toch dit... Ik ben maar een autosportliefhebber die achter zijn pc zit te lullen maar volgens mij is het toch duidelijk dat Lawson het zeker niet slechter zou doen dan Ricciardo. Niet te geloven dat hij volgend jaar zijn kans niet zou krijgen om zich te bewijzen.

Liam, zoek maar vlug andere oorden op zou ik zo zeggen zeg ik zo.

Ik zou toch liever zien dat Ricciardo vervangen werd door Lawson.

Lawson heeft al een gegarandeerd zitje voor '25 volgens Marko ,en anders kan ie net als Piastri uit zn contract en bijna overal terecht .