Red Bull Junior Liam Lawson gets his first F1 taste at Goodwood1

Red Bull Junior Liam Lawson will drive a Formula 1 car for the first time at the Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​this week.

The New Zealander will drive the Red Bull RB7, which led Sebastian Vettel to his third F1 World Championship in the famous hill climb in 2011.

This is the first taste of F1 machines for the 19-year-old currently competing in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship.

Lawson visited Red Bull base in Milton Keynes earlier this week to undergo seat adjustment in the car he watched as a child in New Zealand. It was a process that he admitted was a surreal experience in itself.

The Kiwi is expected to take the RB7 up legendary Goodwood Hill on Friday and Sunday. He will also drive his Red Bull-backed Ferrari 488 GT3, with which he won the opening race of the new GT3-based DTM season last month at Monza.

“I’m driving the Red Bull RB7, it’s my first Formula 1 experience so it’s extremely exciting,” Lawson told Motorsport.com.

“I got installed in the car this week, which was a pretty crazy experience.

“The RB7 is the car from 2011 that I remember when I was nine years old when I saw this championship and Vettel dominated it – and I honestly can’t believe I’ll drive this car.

“It’s a bit sketchy, but I’m going to do some burnouts and stuff. I’m really excited, they even had my name next to it, which was pretty cool.”

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing RB7

Photo by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Images

After a trip to Goodwood, Lawson will travel to Silverstone to continue his F2 campaign, while the F1 feeder series supports the British Grand Prix next weekend.

Lawson heads to Silverstone in eighth place in the championship standings after a strong start to the campaign where he won the inaugural race in Bahrain.

Lawson has since won on the Monaco road before being stripped of victory after it was discovered he had used a prohibited throttle card at the start of the race.

Last time, the teenager took sixth place in the main Baku race.