Former team-mate backs Liam Lawson, claims 'people in motorsport have short memories'

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

A former team-mate of Liam Lawson’s has hit out at the Racing Bulls driver’s critics, claiming “people in motorsport have short memories”.

Nick Cassidy, fresh from his second Formula E race victory of the season, is backing Lawson to turn around his fortunes in the second half of the Formula 1 season.

Much of the opening half has been incredibly challenging for Lawson, with his Red Bull demotion back to Racing Bulls coming just two stops into the year, followed by a run of five more weekends without points until his breakthrough result on the streets of Monaco.

His only other points finish came in Austria with a career-best sixth, but since Monaco, Lawson has, for the most part, had good speed and seemingly found his groove, heading back towards the direction of his 2023 and 2024 form with the energy drinks manufacturer's junior team.

'I caught up with him recently, and I think he's quite happy with some of the changes they've been making on setup and development to suit him, and it's been a little bit obvious in the last two weekends, the lift in form,” Cassidy told RacingNews365.

'And so I really hope he can keep that going. And you know, the Formula 1 calendar, it is long and people in motorsport have short memories.”

Lawson showed immense promise in his 2023 and 2024 stints with Red Bull’s junior team but some fans were quick to turn on him during his troubling start to 2025.

Cassidy knows his fellow countryman well, with the pair being team-mates in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and racing in the same Super Formula series in Japan.

'I'm sure he has the opportunity to really turn it around, and the talent to turn it around,” Cassidy told RacingNews365.

In his most recent start, Lawson crashed out of the British Grand Prix on the opening lap following an awkward and heavy collision with Haas driver Esteban Ocon, who had Yuki Tsunoda on the inside of him.

However, he had consistently been hunting around the top ten across the three practice sessions before a poor qualifying performance saw him start well back in the pack.

Following another weekend off, the 23-year-old Kiwi will begin the second half of the F1 season at the Belgium Grand Prix on July 28.

Cassidy himself is coming off a successful weekend, having won the second Berlin E-Prix over the weekend.

The Kiwis took a clean sweep of the double header with Cassidy’s Jaguar TCS Racing team-mate Mitch Evans taking victory in the opening race of the weekend.

Formula E’s season comes to a close on July 26 and 27 with another double header, this time in London.