利安·劳森感激回归红牛，但预计复出将“艰难”
利安·劳森在假期后返回英国时，接到车队领队阿兰·珀曼的电话，得知伊萨克·哈贾尔手腕受伤，他将顶替出战荷兰大奖赛。劳森对此表示感激，但也预计在红牛的复出将充满挑战。
为什么“心怀感激”的利亚姆·劳森预计在红牛的F1回归将会“艰难”
在红牛因伊斯萨克·哈贾尔受伤而进行临时的最后时刻替补之前，劳森表示，自2025年仅参加两场大奖赛就被车队残酷解雇以来，他已经学到了很多。
度假后回到办公室的第一天往往会让人大受震撼。利亚姆·劳森周一抵达英国时就是这样，他原本以为要按照惯例为小红牛（小红牛）进行赛前模拟工作。
劳森打开手机后接到了领队阿兰·佩尔马内的电话，告诉他计划有变：伊斯萨克·哈贾尔手腕受伤，劳森将在本周末的荷兰大奖赛上替他出战。劳森的队友阿维德·林德布拉德在第二天才被告知这一消息，而角田裕毅则被从海滩上召回，接替劳森在小红牛的位置。
“于是，我的那一周很快就变了，”劳森在赞德沃特对包括Motorsport.com在内的媒体表示。
在这里的人员变动有一种微妙的循环感。正是在2023年的赞德沃特，在丹尼尔·里卡多在第二次练习赛中撞车并伤到手之后，劳森代表红牛的青训车队完成了他的F1正式比赛首秀。他抓住了机会，随后在2024年中期获得了与角田一起全职出赛的席位，接着在那个赛季末红牛车队决定不再留用塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯时，他又被提拔到红牛车队。
当时曾有人质疑，为什么劳森实际上插队到了角田前面，拿到了第二个红牛席位。而当劳森随后在出了名难驾驭的小红牛21上陷入挣扎，仅仅两站之后就被突然降级、由角田顶替时，这进一步证明了高层管理之间正在幕后上演的内斗所带来的破坏性。
自洛朗·梅基斯去年成为领队以来，为净化那个环境已经发生了许多变化，劳森本人也从在小红牛的18个月稳定期中受益，但接下来的日子仍将极具挑战。小红牛22并不是车队最出色的作品，冲刺赛周末的赛制使得车手们在进入排位赛之前几乎没有赛道练习时间，而且这可能是一代新F1赛车首次在真正湿滑的条件下同场竞技。
利亚姆·劳森在红牛的首次效力仅持续了两场比赛
“说实话，在红牛的一切都非常不同，”劳森说。
“对我来说，我知道我是来参加这个周末的比赛的，处于一个独特的处境，要尽力把握住这一个周末。这和开自己的车、待在自己的车队里完全不同。
“与此同时，自从（被红牛降级）以来，我也参加了很多场一级方程式的比赛，所以我学到了非常多的东西。我希望能够尽可能地把这些经验带到这个周末的比赛中来。
“但这肯定会很有意思。显然这是一条艰难的赛道，天气也会非常有趣——所以，是的，让我们拭目以待。”
这一周的时间线清楚地表明，劳森是这一角色的首选。他不仅在这场变动中没有任何选择余地，相关运作其实早已启动。而林德布拉德直到事后才被告知——这一点似乎让他感到不快，即便换作是他，也要面对更陡峭的学习曲线，因为他征战三级方程式和二级方程式的那几年，这两个级别都没有到过赞德沃特。
值得注意的是周四赞德沃特国际汽联新闻发布会上在场者的肢体语言。当林德布拉德被问到本周是否有过关于他升入红牛第二席位的讨论时，他一贯的爽朗消失了，把这个问题非常干脆地一脚踢进了长草区。
阿维德·林德布拉德承认，他的队友获得升入红牛的召唤是“更合乎逻辑的”。
“我不知道。我是周二才得到这个消息的，所以我不清楚，”他说。
当另一位采访者——也许有点不明智——再次回到这个话题时，林德布拉德的回答稍微多了一些。
“说实话，这是我第一次来赞德福特，”他说。“你知道，这是一个冲刺赛周末。我的新秀赛季才进行到一半，所以我认为，可以说，选择利亚姆是一个更合乎逻辑的决定。如果换成我，风险会稍微大一些。
“显然，作为一名车手，我本来是希望的。我本来希望得到这个机会。但与此同时，我完全理解他们为什么这么做。现在我非常专注于我自己的这个周末，努力做到最好。”
因此，我们可以推断，劳森被认为是所有潜在人选中风险最低的一个。角田裕毅直到本周末才驾驶过2026年的F1赛车，从一开始就不在哈贾尔席位的考虑范围内。据了解，在车队内部，劳森本赛季的身价有所上升，原因是他适应新一代动力单元那些往往晦涩难懂的驾驶要求时所展现出的速度。
当其他人（当然包括马克斯·维斯塔潘）几乎不停地抱怨这些新装备时，劳森却埋头苦干，充分利用现有条件。这一点，加上他在上赛季遭遇挫折后重建职业生涯时所展现出的韧性，使他成为显而易见的人选。他对前方任务的艰巨性没有任何幻想。
利亚姆·劳森三年前在阿尔法完成了他的F1首秀
“这是一个绝佳的机会，”他说，“显然，能被选中承担这样的任务，我非常感激。”
“但对我们车手来说，我们知道这绝对是件很难的事，要在一个周末之内去适应它。可以肯定，这会很有挑战性。
“说实话，我在一级方程式里经历过一些相当艰难的周末。就在整整三年前的赞德沃特，当时丹尼尔受伤了，我临时代替他上场。
“所以那绝对是迄今为止最艰难的周末，我也希望这次不会比那次更难。但这肯定会很棘手。
“显然，我也很感激过去能有那些经历，我认为正是它们帮助我成长为能够应对这样的局面。”
英文原文
Why 'grateful' Liam Lawson is expecting a 'tough' F1 return at Red Bull
Ahead of a last-minute substitution for the injured Isack Hadjar at Red Bull, Lawson says he’s learned a lot since his brutal axing from the team after just two GPs in 2025
The first day back at the office after a holiday can often be a shock to the system. And that’s how it was for Liam Lawson when he landed in the UK on Monday expecting the usual pre-race simulation routine for Racing Bulls.
After Lawson switched his phone on he received a call from team principal Alan Permane telling him there would be a change of plan: Isack Hadjar had injured his wrist, and Lawson would be standing in for him at the Dutch GP this weekend. Lawson’s team-mate Arvid Lindblad was brought up to speed the following day while Yuki Tsunoda was summoned from the beach to fill in for Lawson at Racing Bulls.
“So, then my week changed pretty quickly,” Lawson told media including Motorsport.com at Zandvoort.
There is a certain circularity to this changing-around of personnel at this location. It was here in Zandvoort, in 2023, that Lawson made his F1 racing debut with Red Bull’s junior team after Daniel Ricciardo crashed and injured his hand in second practice. He seized the moment and was duly given a full-time drive alongside Tsunoda mid-way through 2024, then promoted to Red Bull Racing when it elected to dispense with Sergio Perez’s services at the end of that season.
At the time, there were those who questioned why Lawson had in effect jumped Tsunoda in the queue for the second Red Bull seat. And when Lawson then struggled in the notoriously difficult RB21, only to be abruptly demoted in favour of Tsunoda after two rounds, it provided further evidence of the damaging civil war being fought behind the scenes between senior management.
Much has changed to detoxify that environment since Laurent Mekies became team principal last year, and Lawson himself has benefitted from 18 months of stability at Racing Bulls, but the days ahead are still going to be exceedingly challenging. The RB22 isn’t the team’s finest work, the format of a sprint weekend gives little track time before getting into qualifying, and this could be the first time the latest generation of F1 cars run together in properly wet conditions.
Liam Lawson's first Red Bull stint lasted just two races
“Everything's really different [at Red Bull], to be honest,” Lawson said.
“For me, I know I'm coming in for this weekend, and in a unique situation to try and maximise one weekend. It's very different to being in your own car, being in your own team.
“At the same time, I've had a lot of races since then [his demotion from Red Bull] in Formula 1 as well, so I've learned a huge amount. And I'd like to try and take as much of that into this weekend as I can.
“But it's for sure going to be interesting. Obviously it's a tough track, the weather's going to be very interesting as well – so, yeah, let's see.”
The timeline of the week makes it clear Lawson was the first choice for the role. Not only was he given no choice in the move, the wheels were already in motion for it to take place. And Lindblad wasn’t informed until afterwards – which appears to have rankled, even though he would have faced a steeper learning curve, given neither F3 nor F2 visited Zandvoort in the years he contested those categories.
It was interesting to note the body language in the FIA press conference on Thursday at Zandvoort. When Lindblad was asked if there had been any discussions about him taking the second Red Bull seat this weekend, his usual bonhomie departed and he gave the question a very sharp tap into the long grass.
Arvid Lindblad admits it was "more logical" for his team-mate to get the call up to Red Bull
“I don't know. I was given the news on Tuesday, so I don't know,” he said.
When another interlocutor returned – perhaps ill-advisedly – to the subject, Lindblad was slightly more loquacious.
“To be honest, it's my first time here to Zandvoort,” he said. “You know, it's a sprint weekend. I'm only halfway through my rookie year, so I think it was, let's say, a more logical decision to go with Liam. It would have been a bit more of a risk with me.
“Obviously, as a driver, I would have liked it. I would have liked the opportunity. But at the same time, I understand completely why they did what they did. And I'm very focused now on my own weekend and trying to do as best as I can.”
So, we can infer that Lawson was perceived as the least risky of the potential choices. Tsunoda, who hasn’t driven a 2026 F1 car until this weekend, was never in the picture for Hadjar’s seat. But it’s understood that, internally, Lawson’s stock has risen this season based on the speed with which he adapted to the often abstruse driving requirements of the new-generation power units.
While others (including, of course, Max Verstappen) have complained almost ceaselessly about the new hardware, Lawson has knuckled down to make the most of it. This, along with the resilience he has displayed in rebuilding his career after last season’s knockback, contributed to him being the obvious candidate. He has no illusions about the magnitude of the task ahead.
Liam Lawson made his F1 debut with AlphaTauri three years ago
“It's a great opportunity,” he said. “I'm very grateful to be chosen for something like this, obviously.
“But for us as drivers, we know that it's definitely a tough thing to come into and to try and adapt to in one weekend. For sure, it's going to be challenging.
“I've had some pretty tough weekends in Formula 1 to be fair. Literally three years ago was Zandvoort when, obviously, Daniel had his injury and I jumped in.
“So that's got to be number one toughest weekend ever, and I would hope that this is not tougher than that. But it's going to be tricky for sure.
“Obviously I'm grateful to have had those experiences in the past as well, I think they sort of help build you to something like this.”
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