Liam Lawson Told Which F1 Team To Join When Racing Bulls Deal Expires

F1 fans, who have also ranked the 10 most popular drivers on the grid, have outlined the team they think Liam Lawson must join in 2028, despite just receiving a new Racing Bulls contract for next year.

There was a great amount of uncertainty over the New Zealander’s future up until recently, but the speculation finally came to an end with Red Bull handing Lawson a new deal for the 2027 season.

Reports suggested that Red Bull had planned to replace Lawson with the unproven but exciting youngster Nikola Tsolov – which is why it took so long before he was given a new contract – until Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane put his foot down and forced them to re-sign the Kiwi. Amid that competition, however, neither driver is completely safe before the 2027 season.

With that in mind, F1 fans have agreed upon the team Lawson could join next, should he leave Red Bull in the future.

Lawson Told Which Team To Join After Red Bull

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It’s felt that Lawson probably needs to move away from Racing Bulls in order to progress his career by getting a full-time gig elsewhere. On that topic, fans are convinced McLaren would be the best place for the 24-year-old.

As quoted by F1 Oversteer, a number of F1 fanatics claimed it made perfect sense for the Kiwi to join the team. After all, McLaren’s origins began in a car garage in Auckland, New Zealand.

Auckland-born founder Bruce McLaren later moved the company to the United Kingdom, and the F1 team has run under a British racing licence since its inception in 1963, but its Kiwi connections are undeniable.

They fielded New Zealander Denny Hulme throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and perhaps it’s time for a new man from that part of the world to take on the job. One F1 fan pointed out:

Another simply added: “McLaren for Kiwi reasons,” while a third said: “Kiwi team McLaren.”

One more insisted that Lawson should actually be signed due to his Kiwi ties, writing:

Adding to the sentiment, another added: “McLaren. A Kiwi in the OG Kiwi seat.” A final fan summed up the mood, noting: “McLaren should be the answer everyone gives here. Not saying he WILL, but just because of the ‘Kiwi driver in the team started by, and named after, a Kiwi’ angle.”

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