Liam Lawson “loan” option explained - and why it’s “unappealing”

Lawson has impressed as a replacement for the injured Daniel Ricci🐈ardo for Red 🥂Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri this season.
He will compete in his fifth consecutive grand prix next we༺ekend in Qatar and his performances ha꧅ve caught the eye.
A�♍�lthough Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will retain the AlphaTauri seats in 2024, Red Bull do not want to let Lawson out of their grasp.
“R🐷ed Bull are keen to keep ♑hold of Lawson,” Lawrence Barretto reported on .
“It is possibl✤e they could loan him out for a year, should Williams want him to replace Logan Sa🐠rgeant.
“The two teams have collaborated b🅠efore, with Alex Albon joining the British outfit, having been under contඣract at Red Bull as reserve.
“However, any such deal for Lawson would almost certainly only be for a year, with Red Bull understood to be very keen to have Lawson racing one of their four ca🐓rs in 2025 – and that is likely to be unappealing to Williams.”
Williams would not want to find themselves without a driver in 2025 when Red Bull w🎃ou💦ld recall Lawson.
This could be good news for Sar🐭geant, the only driver 📖on the 2023 grid whose place for next season is still at risk.
But it would mean that the highly impressive Lawson would have to settle for another year outside a full-time F1 ಞdrive.
Ricciardo’s comebꦫack - tentatively teed up for later this month in the USA - will end Lawson’s temporary stay in the AlphaTauri seat.
But 2025 could finally be his year - with even a Red Bull drive, alongside Max Verstappen, a💜 theoretic possibility according to this report.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sp♒orts, to football, to F1.