Liam Lawson has revealed how Max Verstappen supported him throughout his unsuccessful interval as a Pink Bull F1 driver.
Lawson was changed by Sergio Perez on the finish of 2024, however was demoted to Racing Bulls after simply two races as Verstappen’s teammate.
The 24-year-old Kiwi crashed out of the 2025 season opener, the Australian Grand Prix, and failed to attain any factors on the Chinese language Grand Prix, qualifying final in each the dash race and the grand prix.
Lawson himself was changed by Hiroki Tsunoda, who together with Verstappen did not make an influence and misplaced his Pink Bull seat on the finish of 2025.
Lawson stated Verstappen “handled him very effectively” once they had been team-mates at Pink Bull.
“He is very good as an individual. By way of all the things that occurred with Pink Bull final yr, he is been excellent to me,” Lawson stated on the Gypsy Tales podcast.
“After I first joined the staff he was very variety and keen to assist, and after that he was actually, actually good to me.
“He is a very nice man. He simply at all times desires to drive and race and does not care about the rest.”
Verstappen disagreed with Pink Bull’s determination
Verstappen admitted he didn’t agree with Pink Bull’s determination to demote Lawson on the finish of 2025, telling Viaplay:
“On the finish of the day, it is any person giving up a possibility…effectively, ruining it (that probability) within the first staff.I’ve to say that Liam did effectively with the Racing Bulls.
“You might say, ‘I do not care anymore, simply go away it alone,’ however two races is just too early to decide. In the long run, Yuki took half, which reveals how tough it was.”
Izak Hajar shall be promoted to Pink Bull on the finish of 2025, changing into Verstappen’s sixth teammate since Daniel Ricciardo left the staff in 2018.
Lawson and Verstappen are getting ready for his or her respective 2026 campaigns with Racing Bulls and Pink Bull, with their last pre-season check going down in Bahrain this week.
