Formula 1 broadcaster Will Buxton believes Liam Lawson's impressive return to Red Bull at the Dutch Grand Prix may have saved his career in the championship.
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar was forced to sit out the Zandvoort weekend after sustaining a wrist injury during the summer break. As a result, Racing Bulls driver Lawson stepped up to the seat alongside four-time champion Max Verstappen, while reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda filled Lawson's seat at the sister team.
Lawson had plenty to prove on his return to the Milton Keynes outfit, having been dropped after just two race weekends in 2025. That pressure was immense, and Buxton highlighted it on the Up To Speed podcast.
"I don't think you can underestimate or undervalue the pressure that would have been on him, that he would have been putting on himself to step back into a team where he had turned up and tried everything but had been fired after two races," Buxton explained.
"If he turned up there and qualified at the back of the grid and was nowhere all weekend, that's pretty much career done."
Instead, Lawson delivered a stellar performance. He qualified eighth, one place behind Verstappen, and finished the grand prix seventh after the Dutchman crashed on the opening lap.
"So to turn up and drive the way that he did, to race the way that he did, qualify the way that he did, I was really happy for him. His radio message after the race was very sweet and there was a lot of honesty in that. It was a weekend of catharsis to put all that horrible experience behind him and move on and show the world and show Red Bull, 'Look at what you could have had.' It was nice," Buxton concluded.
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