Granted a shot at securing a place on the F1 2025 grid, Liam Lawson was urged to grasp this opportunity by the driver he replaced at Red Bull VCARB, Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo returned to the F1 grid with Red Bull‘s second team midway through 2023 as the replacement for Nyck de Vries,

Red Bull has confirmed that Liam Lawson will replace Daniel Ricciardo at RB for the rest of the season, with six grands prix and three sprint races remaining. “Everyone here at VCARB would like to thank Daniel for his hard work across the last two seasons with us.

The New Zealander will return to an F1 cockpit in Austin in Ricciardo's place, but have Red Bull/RB made the correct decision?