Formula One race weekend debut today in the next step of his young yet impressive career to date.The 20-year-old has been ahead of the game all the way through his journey to the pinnacle of the sport, hence why Red Bull Racing snapped him up back in 2019 on his 17th birthday.
After three-and-a-half years in their junior program, he'll be driving for AlphaTauri in first practice for the Belgian Grand Prix."Super excited to say I’ll be doing my first FP1 this weekend at Spa," he told the team's media after getting fitted in Pierre Gasly's car. "I honestly couldn’t think of a better place to do it, there’s going to be a very exciting feeling - historic track and a place that I’ve always enjoyed driving.
So in a Formula 1 car is gonna be incredible."READ MORE: Daniel Ricciardo goes 'official' with stunning daughter of ex-McLaren and Ferrari starAlthough New Zealand haven't got a rich history of producing F1 drivers, Lawson seems destined to get a shot at some point in the not too distant future.
He took part in the Young Driver Test at the end of last season and is Red Bull's reserve driver.Racing has been all he's known since he started karting at the age of seven.
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