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A blast from the past: 16yo Liam Lawson's dreams for his future in racing

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Newstalk ZB,
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Sat, 19 Oct 2024, 12:48pm
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A blast from the past: 16yo Liam Lawson's dreams for his future in racing

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sat, 19 Oct 2024, 12:48pm

Liam Lawson, New Zealand's tenth Formula One driver, has had the world's premier motorsport category in his cross hairs since for as long as he can remember. 

In late 2018, at age 16, he joined D'Arcy Waldegrave and Bob McMurray in studio to talk about his hopes and dreams for the wonderful wide world of race cars. 

He had just signed up for a drive in the Toyota Racing Series, a series he went on to win in his maiden year. It was that contract that alerted Red Bull to his talent, and the rest is history. 

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