Lawson expects decision on F1 future within weeks
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GPBeat reports that Liam Lawson believes he could have done little more in 2026 to keep his Racing Bulls seat. When he made the comments, he did not yet know whether he would race in Formula 1 in 2027 and expected decisions about his future within weeks.
Liam Lawson says he could have done little more in 2026 to keep his Racing Bulls seat. When he made those comments, he did not yet know whether he would race in Formula 1 in 2027; he expected decisions about his future within the next few weeks.
Asked for an update, Lawson said conversations were continuing in the background, but his focus was on racing. He said he would try to stay ninth and keep adding points.
Lawson is ninth in the 2026 drivers’ standings on 65 points. Fourteen of those points came during the three rounds in which he deputised for Isack Hadjar at Red Bull. Racing Bulls sit fifth in the 2026 constructors’ standings, 22 points ahead of Alpine.
Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane and CEO Peter Bayer have voiced satisfaction with the current pairing of Lawson and Arvid Lindblad. But there are no guarantees for 2027: junior Nikola Tsolov is waiting in the wings as he fights for the F2 title.
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