Former Pink Bull mechanic and present workforce ambassador Calum Nicholas has praised Liam Lawson’s “completely good” adaptation after the New Zealander stepped as much as the Milton Keynes outfit on the Dutch Grand Prix.
Lawson was unexpectedly referred to as as much as the Pink Bull seat to interchange Isack Hadjar, who withdrew from the ultimate Components 1 occasion at Zandvoort resulting from a wrist damage. Regardless of the extraordinarily brief discover, the Racing Bulls driver delivered a robust efficiency.
“He appears to have simply taken every thing actually calmly underneath his wing, and he is had a strong weekend,” Nicholas defined throughout the Speaking Bull podcast.
“For the automotive that we have had beneath us this weekend, he maximised the outcomes that had been out there with the automotive he had, and that might be nice for him.”
Lawson’s look alongside four-time champion Max Verstappen was his first time again within the seat after his brutal demotion from the Milton Keynes outfit in 2025. The 24-year-old changed Sergio Perez at Pink Bull for 2025, however was moved again to Racing Bulls after simply two races.
“It was actually essential for him to simply have a quiet weekend, however do a extremely, actually good job. And that is precisely what he did,” Nicholas continued.
Liam Lawson, Pink Bull
Photograph by: Eric Le Galliot
“With all of the noise about it and clearly what he’d been by means of earlier than within the automotive. So to have the ability to make that hop actually rapidly on the final minute and do a strong job. Completely good for him. I am actually blissful for his weekend and for him.”
Pink Bull workforce principal Laurent Mekies echoed Nicholas’s sentiments, acknowledging the issue of the duty handed to Lawson.
“It is by no means simple to step into a distinct workforce, a distinct automotive for a race like that, and he is finished job,” Mekies mentioned. “He was just one tenth away from Max yesterday in qualifying, and right this moment took the factors that had been out there to him pace-wise with seventh place.”
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