Liam Lawson sits ninth in the championship with 83 points — more than double any other midfield runner bar Pierre Gasly — yet Racing Bulls still won't commit to keeping him for 2027. The Kiwi delivered a seventh-place finish in Mexico after starting from the pit lane, and he's anchoring the team's push for fifth in the constructors' standings, which would mark their best result since the Minardi days in 1985. But Red Bull's driver academy churn never stops: Arvid Lindblad and Nikola Tsolov are both in the frame for his seat. "I don't know what else they want me to do," Lawson said, pointing to the bind of a late decision leaving him no fallback options. The waiting game drags into November, and for a driver who's already proven himself twice over, the silence is the message. Red Bull's call will shape whether Lawson gets rewarded for results or becomes another academy casualty.

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