Red Bull junior driver Liam Lawson will take part in first apply this weekend on the Belgian Grand Prix instead of Pierre Gasly at AlphaTauri.
The New Zealander, who’s at the moment competing in Formula 2 with Carlin, takes his spot in FP1 at Spa-Francorchamps with Red Bull’s sister workforce, with all groups this season required to offer two apply classes to junior drivers who’ve taken half in lower than two Formula 1 races of their profession.
Juri Vips took half in FP1 on the Spanish Grand Prix in May for Red Bull, with the Constructors’ leaders nonetheless required handy out yet another session to a junior driver.
Lawson, 20, took half within the Young Drivers Test in Abu Dhabi following the tip of the 2021 season however will now take to the wheel of an F1 automobile in 2022 for the primary time.
“[I’m] super excited to say I’ll be doing my first FP1 this weekend at Spa,” he mentioned.
“I honestly couldn’t think of a better place to do it, there’s going to be a very exciting feeling. [It’s an] historic track and a place that I’ve always enjoyed driving. So in a Formula 1 car is gonna be incredible.
“I’ve been doing a lot of sim work over the year as well, leading up to this, so I think the prep was really really good and, obviously, I had my first outing last year in December. Since then, honestly, I’ve been dying to get back in the car.”
It marks the primary time AlphaTauri have used one in all their junior driver spots and Yuki Tsuonda shall be required to surrender a apply session later within the season.
Lawson is at the moment eighth within the F2 Drivers’ Standings and has gained two dash races this yr in what’s his second season within the feeder sequence for Formula 1.
The 2022 season returns this week on the iconic Belgian circuit following the summer season break, with Max Verstappen closing in on his second world title; he leads by 80 factors with 9 races left.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk