Liam Lawson: The Part of My Red Bull Story Nobody Knows (E417)
6/22/20261 hr 21 min
Racing Bulls Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson has lived through the highest stakes and the ruthless politics of motorsport.
In this episode, Liam opens up about the reality of his Red Bull exit, revealing how he was blindsided, unfairly judged and left carrying the blame for a radical car setup experiment. He also shares where his self belief comes from, from finishing last in go karting to ignoring the people who said Formula 1 was impossible.
Liam also reveals the unexpected habit that helps him handle the noise of race weekend, taking a guitar to every Grand Prix to switch off and reset. This is a raw and honest conversation about pressure, resilience and protecting who you are in one of the most unforgiving sports in the world.
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First 90 secondsJake Humphrey· Host0:00
[gentle music] There was not one part of you that thought that phone call was coming?
Liam Lawson· Guest0:06
No.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:07
Liam Lawson has been removed from the role after just two races.
Liam Lawson· Guest0:11
The whole thing was played out to be me being mentally struggling and all this stuff. This could not be further from what it was actually like. I think nothing as well can stay really a secret. It's quite crazy how there'll be, like, a conversation which is between two people, and it's insane how quickly that just gets out.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:27
What is the cost for you of, of this life? Is it fair to say that after what happened with Red Bull, y- the effects of that you would've carried for all of last season?
Liam Lawson· Guest0:41
I tried not to, but I definitely did, yeah. I tried to just, as much as possible, you know, I, I even, like, pretended it never even happened kind of thing because I j- I spent, you know, two races here, and the whole way, that whole-- The way it all went down was just s- just so crazy that I just honestly kind of was like, "I'm just gonna pretend I never even went there," and my whole f- pretty much everything else I've done was with VCARB and Formula 1, so.
Jake Humphrey· Host1:05
W- what do we not understand or what have we not been allowed to see that is actually the thing you'd like us to understand about that time?
Liam Lawson· Guest1:13
Then let me say probably firstly, I, you know, I could have done-- You can always do a better job. So I look at that stuff, I look at those two races. If I wanna reflect on them, I can go, I, and I know, and I did at the time, okay, I could have done, I could have done a better job in, in some ways. Um, but I think