Liam Lawson has broken his silence after his sudden demotion from Red Bull to its junior Formula One team, Racing Bulls, following the Chinese Grand Prix. As F1 heads to Japan's Suzuka Circuit this weekend, Lawson admitted that he "wasn't expecting" the setback.

“Confidence-wise, it doesn’t change a lot. We all have enough self belief to be here, to make it to Formula One and to be in the sport,” Lawson replied. “If you don’t have that self belief, it makes it very, very difficult. So I think we all have that naturally. It doesn’t really change how I feel about myself.”

Even for a team with a reputation for making sudden midseason driver swaps, to move this early in the year feels abrupt.

Liam Lawson says he did not see his demotion by Red Bull coming, after he was dropped by the F1 team after just two races.

The signs were there early that Liam Lawson was perhaps not mature enough to handle the job as Red Bull Racing teammate to four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen.

Max Verstappen has revealed that his decision to ‘like’ a social media post criticising Red Bull’s demotion of Liam Lawson ‘was not a mistake’. Red Bull shocked the world of Formula One last week as it was confirmed that Lawson had been dropped with immediate effect after only two races.

Liam Lawson was surprised by his early demotion from Red Bull Racing to Racing Bulls after only two races in the 2024 season. Despite the setback, Law

Por JENNA FRYERLiam Lawson condujo una camioneta Raptor que cuesta 100.000 dólates en el estacionamiento del Centro de Rendimiento de Ford, llegando un poco tarde durante su apretada agenda