Liam Lawson makes emotional declaration over Racing Bulls seat uncertainty

Liam Lawson has explained that the uncertainty around his Racing Bulls F1 future is taking away the "emotion" from his strong grand prix results.

Despite enjoying a standout season, Lawson is still not certain of a place on the 2027 grid, as Racing Bulls evaluate whether to drop him for F2 protege Nikola Tsolov, with Arvid Lindblad expected to be retained for his second season. 

Lawson has scored 83 points thus far, 69 of which have been for Racing Bulls, with Lindblad on 38. If Lawson were a constructor by himself, he would be sixth in the standings, only behind his Racing Bulls squad and the top four teams and ahead of Alpine. 

However, despite his strong performances, including a run from the pit-lane to ninth on the road in Mexico, before being promoted to seventh after penalties for Oscar Piastri and Franco Colapinto, Lawson has conceded that the uncertainty around his future has taken the emotional edge off his recent strong results.

"It is hard because you want to enjoy the good results as much as possible, and for us, we had a great race; it was a very hard weekend, but we had a great qualifying, and then we had the [disqualification]," Lawson told media, including RacingNews365. 

"When we have a race like that, [not knowing about my future] takes away from some of the emotion when it is so undecided about my future.

"With that in the back of your mind, it definitely takes away from some of the results we've had recently."

When then asked if he had a timeline for an announcement, Lawson said that: "It is pretty blurry at the moment, so there is not much indication on when [the decision will be announced]."

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A tough Mexico weekend

When asked about his demeanour in Mexico after a tough weekend with the Max Verstappen incident in practice before the disqualification from qualifying, Lawson admitted the weekend had been "hard" - but was sure that he would be able to bounce back in Brazil. 

"Mexico was just a specific weekend of being hard," Lawson said.

"Today, I feel alright, and coming into this weekend, I feel optimistic about racing here. It is a track I like racing at, so I think Mexico was just a specific thing.

"Every day was just a hard day, with everything that was happening, and even though the race was great, I probably hadn't got over the things that had happened over that weekend.

"I feel like there's not really much else I can do at the moment in this car. We're having a great season, I'm personally having a great season, and we're in a position that we've never been in before.

"But it's nowhere near over, so we're trying to maintain the gap [to Alpine] and at the moment, outside of Mexico, I feel like a lot of the races recently have been really enjoyable and some of the most enjoyable races I've had in a Formula 1 car."