10/04/2025 21:00
Liam Lawson has offered an honest assessment of his struggles at
Red Bull, and believes it is "fair" to say the Racing Bulls is an
easier car to drive. Lawson was demoted back to Racing Bulls after
just two races in the senior Red Bull team, where he failed to
score a point in either Australia or China, both tracks he had
never driven on before. The RB21 is a tricky car to drive, with
even four-time world champion Max Verstappen struggling to extract
maximum performance from the car, as the Racing Bulls machine has
been described as a more user-friendly package. It is something
Kiwi Lawson agreed with as he also reflected on a "crazy" couple of
weeks with the Red Bull demotion and start to the season. "It is
probably a fair thing to say," Lawson observed when asked by media
including RacingNews365 if it was true that the Racing Bulls was a
more benign car to drive than the RB21. "It definitely has a bigger
window and is easier to drive, but that doesn't necessarily mean
the Red Bull is hard to drive, it just maybe takes a bit more time
to get to that sort of comfort. "Honestly [the Racing Bulls] is not
crazy different from last year, and so it has just been more of an
adjustment back from what I've been driving at the start of this
year. "It is quite different, but I feel good." As he looks to make
a strong impression back at Racing Bulls, Lawson highlighted the
importance of marginal improvements with the field spread being so
close. "We didn't show what we were capable of [in Japan], and just
missed out in qualifying, but in general, I felt pretty
comfortable," he said. "The approach of the concept of any car you
drive is the same, and it just responds in a different way. "The
gaps in Formula 1 are so small that just any little improvement can
make such a difference, but right now, the car is in a good window.
"I am happy to be racing, the best thing about all of this is after
a crazy couple of weeks and months, a lot of which has not been
enjoyable, is the fact that I'm racing each weekend, which is the
best thing for me because it means I can just focus on driving."
