Liam Lawson says the potential of incomes a Purple Bull F1 seat for 2025 is “not in my thoughts” as he seems to safe a full-time drive.
The 22-year-old New Zealander will get an end-of-season cameo for Purple Bull’s second workforce having changed the axed Daniel Ricciardo for the remaining six races of the yr.
Purple Bull are but to verify who will associate Yuki Tsunoda at RB subsequent season however Lawson is the main candidate for the full-time drive. He additionally has an opportunity to stake a declare as a possible alternative for Sergio Perez within the senior workforce.
However Lawson insists he isn’t excited about the prospect of driving for Purple Bull simply but.
“It’s not in my thoughts, however I’m positively conscious that being within the second workforce to Purple Bull Racing that the longer term, if I do a very good job, goes to [Red Bull],” Lawson advised the F1 Nation podcast.
“My objective is to go to Purple Bull Racing sooner or later and I do know from their facet as effectively, they’re making an attempt to search for the way forward for Purple Bull Racing for when both Max or Checo ultimately go someplace, they all the time want drivers to be prepared for that.
“So I’m mainly conscious that if I do a very good job, then that’s the place my future is. When that may occur? That’s not one thing I’m actually excited about as a result of I do know it’s going to utterly rely upon how I am going in my present seat.”
Talking to the identical podcast earlier this month, Purple Bull workforce principal Christian Horner urged that Lawson has a chance to place himself within the body to associate Max Verstappen as early as 2025.
“This goes past VCARB, it encompasses Purple Bull Racing,” Horner stated. “Clearly we’ve received a contract with Sergio for subsequent yr, however you’ve all the time received to have an eye fixed out by way of what comes subsequent.”
Lawson revealed what Purple Bull is anticipating of him within the ultimate races of 2024.
“Mainly, they’re anticipating me to carry out a minimum of in addition to Yuki, I might say, is what the objective is from the workforce. They need me to match him and mainly carry out. They need factors,” he defined.
“Clearly, the workforce is combating for sixth within the Constructors’, and that’s fairly essential for VCARB, so to mainly rating factors is the objective.
“If we’re scoring factors, then I believe, at that time, we’re mainly doing a very good job. In order that’s, truthfully, the goal that’s been set. However we’re all the time being evaluated.”
