Visa Cash App Racing Bull’s team heads to the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, this weekend for the 2026 Austrian Formula One Grand Prix. It will be Liam Lawson’s second F1 race at a circuit he has previously had some considerable success.
In 2018 he won the third race of the ADAC F4 Championship round. In the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship the first two rounds were held at the Red Bull Ring with Lawson wining the opening round Feature Race with Hitech Grand Prix.
He was back there in 2021 competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) with Red Bull AF Corse winning both races.
2025 was his first F1 race finishing in the points in sixth place.
“The Austrian GP is one that we look forward to at Racing Bulls, it’s very much a ‘home’ race for us and we are always given a special welcome by the everyone from the area,” commented VCARB Team Principal Allan Permane. “We will of course aim to continue our run of strong form, with double points finishes in the previous two races, we are raring to go.
“The VCARB 03, with its latest updates, has proved to work well on a variety of circuit types and we head to Austria with confidence, knowing that if we put a strong weekend together, we can come away with more points.
“The Red Bull Ring sits in a natural bowl in the Styrian mountains and is just 4.3km long but packs a lot in. The lap starts with three straights separated by two, low speed, uphill right-hand corners. The middle and final sectors are a mix of medium and high-speed corners.
“A quick car here will have good braking and traction combined with good turn in stability and a strong front end for the final two right hand corners. Pirelli will bring their softest tyres in the 2026 range and with very high ambient temperatures forecast, with clear skies, we can expect high track temperatures, making the need for race preparation work on Friday a high priority.”
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