Liam Lawson was born on 11 February 2002 and is a New Zealand motor racing driver who currently competes in the 2023 Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen.
91 Facts About Liam Lawson
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Liam Lawson is a previous Toyota Racing Series champion and member of the Red Bull Junior Team, In 2021, he raced for the Red Bull AF Corse team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, partnering Alex Albon, narrowly missing out on the championship in the last round.
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In 2015, Liam Lawson made his single-seater debut in the Formula First Manfeild Winter Series with Sabre Motorsport, taking a win and ten podiums to finish second overall.
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In 2017, Liam Lawson moved up to the Australian F4 championship with BRM, taking five wins to finish as vice-champion in only his rookie season.
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In November 2018, Liam Lawson joined M2 Competition for the 2019 championship.
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Liam Lawson dominated on debut at Highlands, taking 2 races wins by over nine-seconds each and won the Dorothy Smith Memorial Trophy as a result of winning Race 3.
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Liam Lawson had been set to join the inaugural season of the Formula European Masters with Motopark, alongside fellow Red Bull Junior Yuki Tsunoda, but followed the German outfit to the Euroformula Open Championship when Formula European Masters was cancelled due to a lack of entrants.
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Liam Lawson won the opening races at Paul Ricard, and in Pau.
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Liam Lawson would go on to take two more victories to become runner-up to Marino Sato.
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In November 2018, Liam Lawson competed in the season finale of the Asian F3 championship with Irish outfit Pinnacle Motorsport.
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Liam Lawson proceeded to dominate the weekend, taking all wins, fastest laps and pole positions on offer to finish eighth in the championship.
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In March 2019, Liam Lawson joined MP Motorsport to contest the inaugural championship, alongside Richard Verschoor and Simo Laaksonen.
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An impressive qualifying saw him at Silverstone in seventh, and in Race 1 Liam Lawson dropped back to eighth.
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Liam Lawson held the lead for nearly half race distance before being overtaken by Leonardo Pulcini and Robert Shwartzman, eventually finishing third.
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At the start, Liam Lawson dropped to fourth after being passed by Jake Hughes and fellow Red Bull junior Yuki Tsunoda.
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Liam Lawson charged back to eighth, stealing a point after overtaking Max Fewtrell and Christian Lundgaard on the last lap.
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Just two weeks after the final round, Liam Lawson was announced to compete at that year's Macau Grand Prix, remaining with MP Motorsport.
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Liam Lawson then passed Clement Novalak and David Beckmann to move into the race lead.
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Liam Lawson started in eleventh, but a chaotic start saw him up to fourth within a handful of corners.
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In Race 2, Liam Lawson lost power on lap 8 and retired with an engine issue.
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In Silverstone, Liam Lawson missed out on a pole by 0.058s to Logan Sargeant.
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Liam Lawson would turn it around, overtaking Sargeant on the outside of Stowe corner on the opening lap.
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Liam Lawson narrowly missed a podium in the second race going wide battling with Pourchaire at the penultimate corner and getting pipped by David Beckmann losing out on fourth by 0.019s.
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Liam Lawson had another great qualifying in third for Barcelona, despite an engine issue likely preventing his chances for pole.
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Liam Lawson stayed in third until the third last lap, where he overtook Sargeant to finish second.
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Liam Lawson claimed seventh for Race 2 and his consistent podium scoring elevated him to third place in the championship.
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Liam Lawson eventually finished ninth after being passed by Olli Caldwell on the penultimate lap.
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Liam Lawson survived an attack from the start by Matteo Nannini, but he came out with damage to his car following contact with Nannini.
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Liam Lawson eventually conceded the lead to Pourchaire on lap 4.
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Liam Lawson's race started going downhill from that point, eventually finishing sixth.
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Liam Lawson took the Race 2 lead on lap 8, squabbling with Lirim Zendeli.
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Liam Lawson crossed the line in second, but after the race, he was demoted ten seconds for forcing Zendeli off-track, and was re-classified seventh.
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In Race 2, Liam Lawson led a dominant lights-to-flag victory, winning by eight seconds.
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Liam Lawson claimed six podiums including three wins and a fastest lap throughout the season.
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In December 2017, Liam Lawson partook in the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout, finishing as the fastest driver but losing out on the scholarship to Ireland's Keith Donegan.
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Liam Lawson competed in the 2021 DTM, driving a Red Bull-sponsored Ferrari for the AF Corse team alongside F1 reserve driver Alex Albon.
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Liam Lawson was taking part in the DTM concurrently with his first Formula 2 season.
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On 19 June 2021, Liam Lawson won the opening race of the 2021 DTM in Monza, becoming the youngest-ever race winner in the series.
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However, Liam Lawson's car was damaged in a first-lap collision with van der Linde, which left him lapping 20 seconds off the pace after re-joining the race.
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Liam Lawson took part in the 2020 post-season testing with Hitech Grand Prix.
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On 15 January 2021, Liam Lawson was announced to be competing in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship with them alongside Juri Vips.
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Towards the last few laps Jehan Daruvala closed on him but Liam Lawson was able to fend off him and thus take his maiden win on his debut.
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On his win, Liam Lawson described that "[Daruvala] was a lot faster, I thought he was going to get me".
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Liam Lawson made good progress initially, avoiding the chaos at the start and moving up to third by Lap 5.
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Liam Lawson finished on the podium in third, after passing Richard Verschoor on the last lap.
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Liam Lawson sat 2nd in the championship, but the weekend would turn out to be the best of the season.
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On Lap 5, Liam Lawson was able to get back past Piastri, making a heroic overtake on him at La Rascasse.
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Liam Lawson would go on to dominate and win by seven seconds.
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Liam Lawson ended his disappointing weekend in seventh in the feature race.
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Liam Lawson took his maiden pole position at the third round in Baku, forming a Hitech front row lockout.
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Liam Lawson demonstrated a fightback in the second sprint, up to 11th on lap 4.
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Liam Lawson put up a small charge, eventually finished sixth.
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Liam Lawson made up positions at the start of the first sprint to finish seventh.
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Liam Lawson made another comeback, finishing fifth thanks to mishaps and a penalty for drivers ahead of him.
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Liam Lawson drove another good race in the second sprint, finishing fourth after a late move on David Beckmann.
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Liam Lawson made a superior start in the feature race, passing Jehan Daruvala and Guanyu Zhou on the first lap to second.
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On lap 22, just as he was about to overtake Daruvala, a power loss saw Liam Lawson pull out of the race and prevent him from another point-scoring finish.
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Liam Lawson finished seventh in the feature race after a slow start.
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Liam Lawson was set for a top 10 finish in the second sprint, but on the third last lap, crashed out.
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Liam Lawson finished sixth in the second sprint after a late pass on Daruvala.
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On 14 January 2022, Liam Lawson announced that he would race for Carlin in the 2022 season alongside American Logan Sargeant.
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Liam Lawson made up a position during the start of the feature race, and when leaders where faced with obstacles on their own, Lawson kept his nose clean to take second place.
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Liam Lawson was set to continue his podium streak running in third during the feature race, but a loose front-left wheel after his pitstop forced him to retire just before the exit of the pitlane.
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Liam Lawson had a below par qualifying in Imola, qualifying only 14th.
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Liam Lawson made a great start, moving up to tenth.
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Liam Lawson then overtook Ayumu Iwasa and then gained a position following Boschung's retirement, stealing a point in eighth.
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Liam Lawson had an electric start in the sprint race, but missed points in 9th.
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Liam Lawson had another good feature race start, making up seven positions at the start.
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At the Monaco round, Liam Lawson soared to his first pole of the year.
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Additionally, Liam Lawson was given a 5-place grid drop for the sprint race to start 11th.
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In Baku, Liam Lawson secured second place in qualifying, behind former teammate Juri Vips.
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Liam Lawson made contact with another rival during the sprint race, sustaining front wing damage.
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Liam Lawson was forced to pit for repairs and finished 20th.
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Liam Lawson stalled on the starting grid for the sprint race, and his day got worse as his car suffered problems to pull him out of the race.
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Liam Lawson followed his win with a sixth placed finish in the feature race.
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Liam Lawson battled to sixth place in the sprint race after making some great overtakes.
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Liam Lawson then overtook Ralph Boschung on lap 2 to dominate the field and claim another win.
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Liam Lawson made up a place on Vips at the start, but ended the sprint race fourth as he was unable to overtake Hauger.
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Liam Lawson had an average start in the sprint race, but fell to 11th.
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Liam Lawson was involved in several duels but powered through to finish in sixth place, later promoted to fifth due to a post-race penalty from Richard Verschoor.
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Liam Lawson's day got worse as he was spun around by Vips, and sustained front wing damage.
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Liam Lawson ended third in the driver's championship with 149 points, whilst claiming four victories and six other podiums.
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In February 2019, Liam Lawson joined the Red Bull Junior Team.
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Liam Lawson took part of the Abu Dhabi Young Driver Test at the end of the 2021 season with Scuderia AlphaTauri, driving the AT02.
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In March 2022 Franz Tost revealed that Liam Lawson would make his Formula One debut in a free practice session for them during the season.
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Liam Lawson made his first free practice debut at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix, combining with his F2 weekend.
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Liam Lawson made another FP1 appearance with AlphaTauri at the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix.
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Liam Lawson made his Red Bull debut during practice at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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Liam Lawson then took part in the post-season tests in Abu Dhabi driving the Red Bull.
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Liam Lawson left F2 at the end of 2022 and contested in the 2023 Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen alongside reigning champion Tomoki Nojiri.
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Liam Lawson immediately took the headlines during the first race in Fuji, qualifying third and becoming the first driver in Super Formula to win on his debut.