Martin Brundle has highlighted a tricky driver dilemma going through Racing Bulls as they consider their lineup for the 2027 Method 1 season.
The Faenza workforce hasn’t but finalised its 2027 seat allocations.
Resolution-makers should select whether or not to maintain present pairing Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad or promote Purple Bull junior Nikola Tsolov, who’s contending for the Method 2 crown.
Sky Sports activities F1 pundit Martin Brundle believes changing both present driver presents a serious headache for workforce administration.
Lawson has spearheaded the midfield contest with 75 factors this 12 months, whereas British rookie Lindblad has added 38 factors to put Racing Bulls fifth within the Constructors’ Championship.
Lawson strengthened his place with a standout efficiency in Singapore, ending fifth within the Dash and taking seventh within the Grand Prix. Reflecting on that drive, Sky F1 commentator David Croft mentioned:
“Liam Lawson appears like he’s been in a proper previous race at the moment as nicely. Seventh place for Liam Lawson.
“It’s an ideal factors haul once more for a Racing Bulls workforce who previous to this had scored in seven of the final 10 Singapore Grands Prix. Make that now eight of the final 11.”
Racing Bulls workforce principal Alan Permane confirmed that driver alternatives for 2027 will occur “within the coming weeks.”
He emphasised that as Purple Bull’s junior squad, the workforce faces a singular accountability to foster expertise for the guardian organisation’s future.
Brundle has his say
Addressing that stability, Brundle issued a transparent warning:
“If Racing Bulls wish to introduce a brand new younger driver, they’ve bought a serious downside on their fingers, as a result of Lawson’s driving so fantastically, and Lindblad too, usually talking.”
Writing in his post-Singapore column, Brundle expanded on Lawson’s latest momentum:
“This can be a good alternative to provide Liam Lawson a deserved shout-out.
“Driving for Racing Bulls, he completed seventh within the difficult circumstances at Sepang the earlier week, adopted that up with fifth within the Singapore Dash after which secured one other seventh-place end in Sunday’s Grand Prix.
“Because the highest-placed driver outdoors the highest 4 groups, Lawson put collectively a wonderful run throughout a demanding collection of races.”
The 2026 grid now heads into the upcoming Americas triple-header, beginning on the Circuit of The Americas.
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