Liam Lawson has garnered a popularity for being outspoken throughout his transient interval in Formulation One. Now the RB driver has turned his hearth on an unlikely supply, McLaren, describing it as “full b——t” that they play God Save the King after race wins since they’re “a New Zealand crew”.
Lawson, who at Purple Bull’s sister crew following this yr’s Singapore race, argued that for the reason that crew was based by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, it should play the Kiwi nationwide anthem.
“It’s a New Zealand crew, the title remains to be McLaren,” Lawson, 22, mentioned on The Purple Flags Podcast. “Purple Bull play the Austrian nationwide anthem and the crew’s based mostly within the UK. McLaren’s based mostly within the UK, but it surely’s a New Zealand crew.
“It’s utterly b——t, that’s what it’s. Actually! Particularly for those who’re from New Zealand… as a result of Bruce McLaren is an absolute legend.”
McLaren, who race below a British licence and have been based mostly in Britain all through the crew’s historical past, are Britain’s most profitable Formulation One crew, with 188 race wins, 12 drivers’ championships and eight constructors’ championships.
Based by Bruce McLaren in 1963, the crew gained its first race in Belgium in 1968, with McLaren himself behind the wheel. It might be his closing win in Formulation One. He died in 1970, aged 32, at Goodwood, whereas testing his new Can-Am automotive.
Lawson, the tenth Kiwi driver to race in F1, has impressed on the monitor in his three-race audition to this point, whereas making headlines off it.
The 22-year-old is seen as a contender for the second Purple Bull seat subsequent yr, with Sergio Pérez nearly sure to depart.
Lawson mentioned he was “not in Formulation One to make buddies” after angering Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in Austin. He then bought concerned in a spat with Pérez in Mexico, exhibiting after they had been concerned in an incident.
