The early end of Liam Lawson at Red Bull Racing remains the predominant topic of conversation in Formula 1. The former royal class pilot Jaime Alguersuari, says: The New Zealander has not driven as badly at first glance.
Ex-Formula 1 driver Jaime Alguersuari criticized Liam Lawson’s lightning flash at Red Bull Racing. The 23-year-old is still inexperienced. “He didn’t know the car, he didn’t know the team, he didn’t know the routes. So you have to give him more time,” said the Spaniard in an interview with “formula1.com”.
Formula 1 deals with “very small details”, described the ex-driver, who then gave an example. “You have to bring the tires into a window, otherwise you don’t have a grip and can easily be four to five tenths [pro Runde] lose. When you look at Liams onboard recordings from Australia and China, you can see that he had problems getting grip everywhere, “said Alguersuari, who is convinced of the basic speed of the New Zealand.
Ex-Formula 1 pilot: “Lawson not the worst driver”
“Liam is not as bad as it looks. You could expect that he would have problems at the beginning of the season and that it would not be so bad in the course of the season. You can’t become the worst driver within two races,” the Spaniard is convinced that Lawson has the qualities to get through Red Bull – if he gets the necessary time.
Lawson ultimately also hurt the direct comparison to Max Verstappen, which moves the RB21 in another league. “In this team, nobody will be faster than Max. He is probably the best driver who has ever driven in Formula 1. His skills to drive a superstructure or subordinate car are in a different dimension. He is before everyone else,” said Alguersuari.
The problem in the eyes of the ex-driver is that Verstappen knows exactly how to coordinate the RB21 so that it is quick. “But whoever sits in this car is lost because he cannot drive it with the same set-up that there is too much grip at the front. And if you take something away from it, you are slower because there are too much undermining,” Alguersuari analyzed.