Liam Lawson will rightly see his promotion to Red Bull as a dream come true - a seat in one of Formula 1's top teams after starting just 11 grands prix - but being paired with Max Verstappen can also be the stuff of nightmares.
Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon and Sergio Perez could all tell him what it's like to have your confidence battered by being directly measured against the scale of Verstappen's ability. And how that can become a vicious downward spiral that just exaggerates your shortcomings.
It's not that it's impossible to compete with Verstappen as a team-mate - Carlos Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo both made a fair go of it - but Lawson is stepping into probably the toughest gig in F1.
Our latest video explains why.
00:00 A team-mate destroyer
02:13 A false sense of security
05:04 Verstappen's destructive power
07:40 Even Max has a limit
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Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon and Sergio Perez could all tell him what it's like to have your confidence battered by being directly measured against the scale of Verstappen's ability. And how that can become a vicious downward spiral that just exaggerates your shortcomings.
It's not that it's impossible to compete with Verstappen as a team-mate - Carlos Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo both made a fair go of it - but Lawson is stepping into probably the toughest gig in F1.
Our latest video explains why.
00:00 A team-mate destroyer
02:13 A false sense of security
05:04 Verstappen's destructive power
07:40 Even Max has a limit
READ MORE HERE: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/why-max-verstappen-destroys-his-f1-team-mates-mark-hughes/
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