1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson will need to prove he’s “mentally strong” when he goes up against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen at Red Bull in 2025.

After just 11 races in F1, Lawson was chosen as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s replacement at Red Bull.

This means Lawson has the most challenging task in F1, going up against Verstappen on the sa🍌me team.

Verstappen has dismantled 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Gasly, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon and Perez in🍸 recent ye🌼ars, with Lawson next in line.

With limited F1 experience and Red Bull slipping down the pecking order at the end of last year, Lawson will have an eveওn tougher task in 2025.

Speaking to , Villeneuve said: “It’s a big chance for Liam La🤡wson, it’s a big opportunity, but we’ve seen drivers being put into the main team right away collapse very quickly.

“So, we’l📖🌞l see how mentally strong he is and how good he really is, because we don’t know yet. I mean, you cannot take his F2 season, his Japanese season or his races against Tsunoda as a benchmark.

“Contractually Lawson is there to help Verstappen. But in his own head he’s not. In his head he’s there to replace Max. So, he will try to be tough and qui🐎ck.

“Hopefully it will put Max under pressure and push Max to drive even better and this way help the team to make progr💜ess.”

Villeneuve sets Lawson target for 2025

Red Bull will need Lawson♛ to be a significant upgrade on his predecesso🐟r.

Perez’s poor run of form meant Red Bull dropped to third in the F1 constructors’ championship - theirꦛ worst finish since 2019.

Villen𓆏euve thinks Lawson should aim to be one or two places behind Verstappen in 2025.

“If it’s not a winning car, so they’re not winning the championship, in which case you would have to say, has to be P2 or nothing, then a good finish for Lawson would be one place b🎉ehind Verstappen or two places behind him, that’s it,” he added.

“Not anything more. If you’re winning races, you make a big points tally. Because first to second is a big difference.🐓 If you're finishing third, fourth, fifth, the point difference is tiny.”