Call it cosmic karma or poetic justice, but on the scene of Liam Lawson’s Formula 1 debut, deputising for Daniel Ricciardo in 2023, the New Zealander is again replacing a driver in the Red Bull stable at Zandvoort because of a hand injury.

Lawson eventually used his five-race stint with AlphaTauri in 2023 as a launch pad for full-time graduation, as the organisation finally moved on from Ricciardo in the latter half of 2024.

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That led to a Red Bull promotion in 2025, over Yuki Tsunoda, but after just two point-less weekends the New Zealander was unceremoniously swapped with Tsunoda and returned to th