Whereas Purple Bull stand-in Liam Lawson says it’s unimaginable to check the present RB22 with the earlier Formulation 1 automobile he drove with the Austrian outfit, the Kiwi admits he felt a lot “extra snug” within the automobile than he did throughout his first stint at Purple Bull Racing.
The Racing Bulls driver was referred to as as much as race for the senior group eventually weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix within the place of the injured Isack Hadjar. It marked a return to Purple Bull Racing for Lawson after he drove for the group firstly of the 2025 season, however was dropped after simply two races.
After managing to attain his finest Purple Bull outcome with seventh at Zandvoort, Lawson has now shed extra mild on his two experiences on the Milton Keynes-based group.
“Truthfully, with how final yr was, with these two weekends, the way in which these weekends performed out, being two tracks I might by no means achieved, I truthfully nonetheless do not assume I even have an opinion on what that automobile was to drive,” Lawson mentioned when requested by Motorsport.com about his experiences in final yr’s RB21.
“I really feel like I obtained extra snug on this [the RB22] in a weekend, so yeah, it’s totally onerous to check.”
Liam Lawson raced two grands prix for Purple Bull in 2025
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When requested for the sorts of variations between the RB22 and the VCARB 03, Lawson pointed to the differing aerodynamic philosophies deployed by the 2 groups.
“The automobile is totally completely different, clearly, aerodynamically,” he instructed Motorsport.com. “And, as properly, there’s all the time issues that, , personally, as drivers, we attempt to make our vehicles snug for us.
“And there is some issues that, whenever you swap a automobile for a weekend, you possibly can’t simply routinely change these issues. So, there’s stuff on this automobile that are not the identical as mine, when it comes to simply driver consolation, that I’ve needed to get my head round. With out being too particular, however that is stuff that has most likely been probably the most difficult.”
Lawson was referred to as up after Hadjar injured his wrist whereas coaching over F1’s summer time break.
The group has not but confirmed when the Frenchman might be deemed match sufficient to make his F1 return, however Hadjar revealed that MotoGP champion Marc Marquez warned him in opposition to dashing his return to competitors.
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