Drafted in at short notice at the Dutch Grand Prix, Liam Lawson impressed on his handful of substitute performances at AlphaTauri. Here’s Lawson’s 2023 Formula 1 season in statistics!
LIAM LAWSON 2023 GRAND PRIX STATISTICS
CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION
20th
TOTAL POINTS
2
BEST GRAND PRIX RESULT
9th
2023 Singapore Grand Prix
WINS
0
PODIUMS
0
TOP 5 FINISHES
0
POINTS SCORING RACES
1
POINT-LESS FINISHES
4
% OF TEAM POINTS SCORED
8%
NUMBER OF STARTS
5
NUMBER OF FINISHES
5
NUMBER OF NON-FINISHES
0
LAPS COMPLETE
294
22nd / 22 drivers
% OF LAPS COMPLETE
22.19%
22nd / 22 drivers
DISTANCE COVERED
1,520km
22nd / 22 drivers
LAPS LED
0
LAPS IN TOP 3
0
LAPS IN TOP 5
0
LAPS IN TOP 10
34
20th / 22 drivers
LIAM LAWSON 2023 QUALIFYING STATISTICS
BEST 2023 QUALIFYING RESULT
10th
2023 Singapore Grand Prix
WORST 2023 QUALIFYING RESULT
20th
2023 Dutch Grand Prix
AVERAGE QUALIFYING POSITION
14.20
18th / 22 drivers
BEST 2023 GRID POSITION
10th
2023 Singapore Grand Prix
WORST 2023 GRID POSITION
19th
2023 Netherlands Grand Prix
AVERAGE GRID POSITION
13.80
16th / 22 drivers
Q1 EXITS
2
Q2 EXITS
2
Q3 APPS
1
OUT-QUALIFIED TEAM-MATE
1
BEAT TEAM-MATE IN QUALIFYING SECTORS
3
OUT-QUALIFIED BY TEAM-MATE
4
BEATEN BY TEAM-MATE IN QUALIFYING SECTORS
12
AVERAGE GAP TO TEAM-MATE PER QUALIFYING SECTOR
+0.186s
Note: for qualifying sector battles, outlier results from wet qualifying sessions have been removed for a more fair comparison.
LIAM LAWSON 2023 F1 SEASON SUMMARY
The table below shows qualifying and race results at each round of the Formula 1 season. Scroll down for results in Sprint events.
| Qualifying battle | Quali | Grid | Race | Pos change | |
| NETHERLANDS | LOST | 20 | 19 | 13 | 6 |
| ITALY | LOST | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| SINGAPORE | WON | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| JAPAN | LOST | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| QATAR | LOST | 18 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
LIAM LAWSON 2023 SPRINT RACE SUMMARY
The table below shows Sprint Shootout and Sprint results from the six races in the 2023 season at which Sprint events were held during the 2023 season.
| Quali | Grid | Race | Pos change | |
| QATAR | 14 | 14 | DNF | – |
RACE BY RACE: LIAM LAWSON‘S 2023 F1 SEASON IN STATISTICS
2023 DUTCH GRAND PRIX
Liam Lawson made his debut Formula 1 appearance at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, replacing the injured Daniel Ricciardo. He set the slowest qualifying lap time, qualifying 20th. Lawson impressed on his race debut in challenging conditions. He finished 13th – ahead of team-mate Yuki Tsunoda. Lawson’s debut made him the first driver born in 2002 to race in Formula 1 and the first New Zealand driver since Brendon Hartley at the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Racing in car number 40, Lawson made the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix the first F1 race to feature car number 40 since the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix, when Paul di Resta made a one-off appearance with Williams.
2023 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
Liam Lawson reached Q2 for the first time in his Formula 1 career and 11th on his second Formula 1 outing. The result saw him move ahead of both Nyck de Vries and Daniel Ricciardo in the Drivers’ Championship.
2023 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX
Liam Lawson reached Q3 for the first time in his Formula 1 career at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix. In his three appearances so far, he has recorded a Q1 exit, a Q2 elimination and a Q3 appearance. Lawson’s Q3 appearance made this the seventh time in the last nine Singapore Grand Prix weekends that at least one of the Red Bull junior team’s drivers qualified in the top ten. This was the AlphaTauri team’s first Q3 appearance since the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix.
Lawson finished ninth in the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, scoring points for the first time in his Formula 1 career on his third attempt. He is the 173rd driver to score within his first three World Championship appearances and the first to pick up points for the first time on his third appearance since Nico Hulkenberg at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix. Lawson’s point ensured that the Red Bull junior team scored for the seventh time from their last eight Singapore Grand Prix appearances.
2023 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
Liam Lawson finished where he started in 11th place, making the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix the first race in which he did not finished in a better position than where he started.
2023 QATAR GRAND PRIX
Liam Lawson recorded AlphaTauri’s first Q1 exit since he qualified last on debut at the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix. In the race, he finished behind team-mate Yuki Tsunoda for the first time.
