Zandvoort is where Liam Lawson's Formula 1 career started. The 2023 Dutch Grand Prix was his debut, and it arrived with almost no warning.
Two starts here have produced no points, a best finish of twelfth and a record that matters far more for what it began than for what it scored.
A Zandvoort debut nobody planned
Daniel Ricciardo broke his hand in second practice at Zandvoort in 2023. Lawson, then the reserve driver, was in the car for qualifying. He started nineteenth and finished thirteenth in a chaotic, rain interrupted race, which for a driver who had not expected to be racing that weekend was a composed way to arrive.
No points, be that as it may it was the beginning of everything that followed, including a full time seat.
His second visit came in 2025 with Racing Bulls and looked more promising on Saturday, eighth on the grid being comfortably his best Zandvoort qualifying. However the race went the other way and he came home twelfth, outside the points again.
Despite two attempts, the scoreboard still reads zero. That is a slightly harsh reflection of a driver who has qualified in the top eight here.
Liam Lawson's Dutch GP record year by year
Every Dutch Grand Prix start, with the grid slot it came from and what it was worth.
| Season | Grid | Finish | Points | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | P13 | 0 | AlphaTauri |
| 2025 | 8 | P12 | 0 | Racing Bulls |
A record still waiting to start properly
No wins, poles, podiums, or points after two races. However, Lawson at least managed to achieve one thing in Zandvoort, which is more than the rest of the items on the list.Lawson's Dutch Grand Prix results look poor, but they are much more meaningful. In two races, he didn't score any points, but this is where everything started for him.
