利亚姆·劳森出色表现令小红牛2027年头疼
利亚姆·劳森在2026赛季表现突出，得分高居中游车手之首，但仍有失去2027年车位的威胁。
利亚姆·劳森的出色表现令小红牛2027年头疼。
利亚姆·劳森在本赛季一直表现稳定，但仍面临尼古拉·索洛夫的竞争，争夺2027年的车位数。
截至2026年，利亚姆·劳森在一级方程式赛车中游车手中表现突出。
劳森至今已获得83分，几乎是排名第二的皮埃尔·加斯利的两倍——这还不包括他在小红牛车队的短暂时间，在那段时间里，他每场比赛的得分与在青训车队时的得分相差无几（4.67比4.31）。
然而，劳森在位于法恩扎的车队中，以及整个F1赛场上失去座位的可能性相当大，这将是2027赛季的事情。
F2冠军争夺者尼古拉·斯托洛夫在2026赛季前14场比赛中赢得了惊人的六场胜利，成为了第二辆小红牛赛车的热门人选，但他的资格赛速度并没有像他的主要竞争对手那样出色，他在过去11场比赛中也没有登上领奖台的顶端。
尽管如此，这位19岁的保加利亚人距离冠军领跑者拉斐尔·卡马拉只有七分之差，而卡马拉本周末将在巴西大奖赛中首次亮相F1，所以他仍然有真正的夺冠机会。
与此同时，随着阿维德·林德布拉德稳健的F1新秀赛季，劳森在法恩扎的时间似乎注定要结束。但到目前为止，他在所有队友中表现都不如他们——久保东佑树、马克斯·维斯塔潘、伊萨克·哈达尔——劳森在林德布拉德身上占据了上风。
在排位赛中，劳森以12-6的成绩领先他们的直接对决，扣除不具有代表性的墨尔本赛程后，这是9-5的成绩和0.027秒的差距，没有冲刺排位赛的话。更有趣的是，他在比赛状态下的平均速度比队友快了0.141秒。
在过去的一个月里，劳森不仅证明了自己具有竞争力，而且还是一个稳健的搭档。在排位赛中，自从他在红牛的三轮比赛中代替伊萨克·哈迪亚尔回到小红牛后，他就没有在排位上输过，平均每圈快了0.257秒。
新西兰人在过去四场大奖赛中共获得了24分——比哈迪亚尔和乔治·拉塞尔都要多。由于在马来西亚受到发车罚分和与奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里的碰撞，林德布拉德在这段时间内只得到了1分。
红牛对于2027年的决定可能取决于一个简单的问题：劳森最近的表现是否表明他可能值得再次获得主车队的另一个机会？
如果这样的话，Tsolov可能不得不等待时机——也许是在Super Formula，在那里，许多其他红牛青训车手在从GP2/F2毕业后参加了比赛。这条道路为加斯利和那位非常出色的劳森带来了F1的驾驶机会。
但如果红牛看不到劳森回到米尔顿凯恩斯的现实道路，尽管他的当前表现很难忽视，那么让他留在小红牛可能就没有那么有意义了，Tsolov可能会得到展示自己的机会。
并且随着每一次的积分完成，劳森都会被问到关于他未来的同样问题。在墨西哥赛后媒体区，他又被问及，尽管与Lindblad的差距“巨大”，但他座位的不确定性是否是一种遗憾。
“这显然是非常遗憾的，但这是我现在必须面对的事情，”他回应道。“我显然每次上车都在尽力做我能做的一切。”
让我们看看这够不够。
英文原文
Liam Lawson’s remarkable form is giving Red Bull a headache for 2027
Liam Lawson has been a consistent performer this season, yet he’s still at threat from Nikola Tsolov for a 2027 drive
So far in 2026, Liam Lawson has been a clear standout performer in Formula 1’s midfield.
Lawson has scored 83 points so far, nearly twice as many as second-best Pierre Gasly’s 42 – and that’s not even down to his Red Bull stint, during which he barely scored more points per race than with Racing Bulls (4.67 vs 4.31).
Yet, there’s a substantial chance Lawson loses his seat at the Faenza-based outfit – and on the F1 grid altogether – for the 2027 season.
Formula 2 title contender Nikola Tsolov emerged as a frontrunner for the second Racing Bulls seat as he claimed a whopping six victories across the first 14 races of the 2026 season, but his qualifying pace has not been as good as his main rivals’ and he has failed to reach the top step of the podium in the last 11 contests.
Still, the 19-year-old Bulgarian is just seven points down on championship leader Rafael Camara – who is set to make his F1 debut with Haas this weekend at the Brazil GP – so he still has genuine championship chances.
Meanwhile, with Arvid Lindblad’s solid F1 rookie campaign, Lawson’s time in Faenza seemed destined to end. But after being outperformed by every one of his team-mates thus far – Yuki Tsunoda, Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar – Lawson has had the upper hand on Lindblad.
In qualifying, Lawson leads their head-to-head 12-6, with a 0.072s advantage discounting the unrepresentative Melbourne session – that’s 9-5 and a 0.027s gap without sprint qualifying. More interestingly, he is 0.141s faster than his team-mate on average in race trim.
And over the last month, Lawson has proven to be a not just competitive but also safe pair of hands. In qualifying, he hasn’t been outqualified on merit, lapping 0.257s faster on average, since he returned to Racing Bulls after his three-round stint at Red Bull, standing in for Isack Hadjar.
The New Zealander has collected 24 points in the last four grands prix – more than Hadjar and George Russell. Hindered by a grid penalty in Malaysia and a collision with Oscar Piastri in Mexico, Lindblad has scored just one in the meantime.
Red Bull’s upcoming decision for 2027 may hinge on one simple question: do Lawson’s recent drives suggest he might ever be deserving of another chance at the main team?
If so, Tsolov may have to bide his time – perhaps in Super Formula, where several other Red Bull juniors competed after graduating from GP2/F2. That avenue led to F1 drives for Pierre Gasly and that very Lawson.
But if Red Bull sees no realistic path back to Milton Keynes for Lawson, however hard to ignore his current performance is, then keeping him at Racing Bulls won’t make as much sense, and Tsolov may get his chance to shine.
And with every points finish, Lawson gets the same question about his future. In Mexico’s post-race media pen, he was again asked if it was a shame that his seat was still a matter of uncertainty despite the ‘huge’ gap to Lindblad.
“It’s obviously a massive shame, but it’s something that I’m just having to deal with at the moment,” he responded. “I’m obviously trying to do everything I can each time I get in the race car.”
Let’s see if that will be enough.
Motorsport.com ·
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