“You can’t beat him!!” Helmut Marko advises Liam Lawson to throw in the towel against Max Verstappen in 2025
Helmut Marko does not see Liam Lawson posing any kind of challenge against the prolific Max Verstappen.
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Helmut Marko and Liam Lawson (via IMAGO)
Liam Lawson is and will be very much in the limelight during the 2025 Formula 1 season. He is all set to partner with the prolific Max Verstappen but amidst this, the Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has come up with a damning verdict.
Helmut Marko has made it known that it will be important for Liam Lawson to accept defeat going up against Max Verstappen. The 27-year-old destroyed Sergio Perez during the 2024 Formula 1 season and it ultimately led to the Mexican’s sacking.
Liam Lawson is mentally the strongest of our juniors, although he has little Grand Prix experience. But it’s important to accept alongside Max that you can’t beat him. No one can do that. And in terms of quality, despite his limited Grand Prix experience, Liam has the most potential to develop further.
Helmut Marko via Sport.de
Red Bull does not expect Lawson to get the better of Verstappen. However, from the kiwi’s perspective, this could be hard to digest given every young driver wants to prove himself as one the best by fighting against the big names of the sport.
Fighting against Max Verstappen cost several drivers at Red Bull
Max Verstappen has been racing for the Red Bull Formula 1 team since 2016. Over the years, he has partnered with several top drivers and has easily, gotten the better of them. In light of this, Helmut Marko warned Liam Lawson to not step on Verstappen’s toes.
He is in the team with the best Formula 1 driver and should not try – as many colleagues did – to go looking for it in technology, with absurd set-ups or in terms of strategy. One should accept that he [Verstappen] is the best and not try to beat him. That has gone wrong with all his colleagues.
Helmut Marko via the same interview
The lights of Perez, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, and Daniel Ricciardo, all perished fighting against Verstappen. All of them had a fair shot but none were able to match the magic that the Dutchman was able to produce in a Red Bull challenger.
Lawson is coming into Red Bull’s setup with extensive experience of watching Verstappen operate within the Austrian team. Moreover, the former did a decent job in his short 2024 stint with Red Bull’s junior team, VCARB. Keeping in view everything that has been discussed, Lawson will be one of the main talking points in 2025.
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