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Liam Lawson’s F1 return comes with a grid penalty attached, as Helmut Marko explains.
Helmut Marko has announced that Liam Lawson will receive a grid penalty upon his return to F1 next month, taking over Daniel Ricciardo’s RB seat until the end of the season. Lawson will inherit Ricciardo’s engine allocation, potentially leading to grid drops already faced by the Australian. Due to the upcoming US Grand Prix being a sprint event, engine penalties only affect the main race, with Lawson likely to serve a 10-place drop. Marko expressed that Lawson taking over was always a possibility, allowing for a reevaluation of the team’s future driver line-up with other young talents like Isack Hadjar and Arvid Lindblad also in consideration.
