Van Amersfoort: ‘I’d put Liam Lawson next to Max Verstappen’

Frits van Amersfoort says on the podcast Formula 1 paddock talk He would dare to put Liam Lawson next to Max Verstappen at Red Bull. The New Zealander previously drove for Van Amersfoort Racing and later impressed the racing team’s name. “He’s the perfect man for me.”

“Liam stole my heart. I think he’s a nice little guy. I can still see him when he came from New Zealand in 2018. Wear shorts in winter, white sports socks pulled up,” Van Amersfoort recalled. “He absolutely lives for sport. It’s a sentiment, but I believe New Zealanders fit the motorsport picture perfectly. They were still the people of motorsport in the 1970s, 1980s. To achieve something in motorsport, they always have to travel far. It has been written about in many books, but Senna had to leave beautiful, warm Brazil for rainy, gloomy England. They have to make a lot of sacrifices to cross that threshold.

Van Amersfoort wasn’t surprised by Lawson’s strong performance at AlphaTauri this year. “I expected it. He’s also a guy who, I think, can do it because he’s mentally well-suited to it. Asked if he would dare to put Liam Lawson next to Max Verstappen at Red Bull in Helmut Marko’s shoes, Van Amersfoort replied firmly: “Straight away. He As Max starts in the car. Frankly and freely, yes, I dare to do it. But yes, my name is not Helmut, and I don’t have the resources Helmut has at my disposal. But I’d rather do it than someone who comes up with another history. I think Liam can only do better. .

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