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Liam Lawson fulfils ‘lifelong dream’ by replacing Sergio Pérez at Red Bull

  • New Zealander steps in after 11 F1 races for RB team
  • Valtteri Bottas rejoins Mercedes as a reserve driver

The New Zealander Liam Lawson has been confirmed as Sergio Pérez’s replacement at Red Bull for next season. It was announced on Wednesday that the Mexican driver had lost his seat after four years as Max Verstappen’s teammate after a disappointing year.

Lawson, who joined the Red Bull Junior Programme in 2019, steps in after 11 races for the RB team. The 22-year-old said: “To be announced as an Oracle Red Bull Racing driver is a lifelong dream for me. This is something I’ve wanted and worked towards since I was eight years old.

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Denny Hamlin 2024 season in review

Editor’s note: This continues the series in which we review each 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs driver in reverse order of championship finish. Season in review: Denny Hamlin, No. 11, Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Crew Chief: Chris Gabehart Final 2024 Ranking: 8th Key stats: Three wins, 12 top fives, 18 top 10s, three poles, 943 laps […]

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Sergio Pérez loses Red Bull F1 seat with Liam Lawson waiting in wings

  • Mexican driver endured disappointing season
  • New Zealander tipped to step up next year

Sergio Pérez has lost his seat at Red Bull after a disappointing season. Pérez, who joined the team in 2021, came under increasing pressure as the Formula One campaign wore on, finishing 285 points behind his teammate, Max Verstappen, as Red Bull surrendered their constructors’ championship title to McLaren.

Verstappen clinched his fourth consecutive drivers’ world title while Pérez finished eighth in the standings, failing to finish in the top five in his final 18 races for the team.

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Fred Lorenzen, NASCAR Hall of Famer, dies at 89

Fred Lorenzen, a thinking man’s racer who became one of NASCAR’s biggest money winners during the sport’s rise in the 1960s, has died. The NASCAR Hall of Famer was 89. Lorenzen’s passing was confirmed by his family. The former driver had battled dementia in his later years. Lorenzen won 26 times in his premier-series career, […]

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Alex Bowman 2024 season in review

Editor’s note: This continues the series in which we review each 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs driver in reverse order of championship finish. Season in review: Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Crew chief: Blake Harris Final 2024 ranking: 9th Key stats: One win, eight top fives, 17 top 10s, one pole, 67 laps […]

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Martin Truex Jr. 2024 season in review

Editor’s note: This continues the series in which we review each 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs driver in reverse order of championship finish. Season in review: Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Crew Chief: James Small Final 2024 Ranking: 10th Key stats: Five top fives, 11 top 10s, two poles, 555 laps led […]

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Michael Jordan Blasts NASCAR for ‘Blaming Victims’ in Antitrust Suit

Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports insist in a new court filing Thursday that NASCAR is “blaming victims for asserting their antitrust rights” and that the two teams should be awarded an injunction against NASCAR. There’s a new audience for a case where brazen rhetoric by billionaire parties has become commonplace. On Wednesday, …