'Overall it's been a strong three weekends' – Lawson assesses his Red Bull outings

Liam Lawson believes "overall it's been a strong three weekends" with Red Bull since replacing the injured Isack Hadjar midway through the season.

The Kiwi made his third start for Red Bull this season in last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, and achieved his best result since swapping his Racing Bulls machine by finishing sixth.

Lawson was one of the few drivers to make an overtake on the Madring street circuit, before making a late pit stop to claim his second points finish with Red Bull, having finished seventh in the Netherlands.

"Hard to overtake is really the biggest thing. We started on the hard [tyre] as well and with the Virtual Safety Car, it didn't really help us," Lawson told F1 TV about the challenges of Formula 1's newest venue.

"Made quite a risky pass on Franco [Colapinto] earlier on and felt like it was going to be really important for our race but then the VSC came out and they boxed anyway, so it didn't really make a difference.

"Was quite fun to do but this track is very difficult to pull it off [an overtake]. I didn't nearly make the corner and you do track limits you have to give the place back. Tough race."

Lawson's current performances with Red Bull are in stark contrast with the start of the 2025 season, where he competed in just two races before being demoted back to Racing Bulls.

Prior to his temporary move back to Red Bull, Lawson had scored points in eight out of 11 races so far this season, which was enough to earn another call-up to the senior team.

Although Hadjar was in the Madrid paddock over the weekend, the Frenchman's return from a wrist injury sustained over the summer break is still unknown, with Baku the next race in two weeks.

"I think so," said Lawson when asked if he was proud of his performances with Red Bull so far.

"I've just tried to maximise each weekend. Honestly, a lot of things coming into it were just driver specific that I knew were going to be challenging about this car, and just really tried to prepare as much as I could but it's been a very busy few weeks to be honest.

"Probably this coming week will be busy as well to be honest, I'll probably be doing prep for both cars again. It's just been a busy time trying to put everything together, but it's been good.

"I would have loved to have scored in Monza as well, but I think overall it's been a strong three weekends."