From Super Formula to Formula 1 - Liam Lawson on the BRRRAKE F1 Podcast - Episode 3 

By the way, Alex Albon did not race super formula. No idea why I said that 😂

Liam Lawson: The king of being asked for short answers but still giving long detailed explanations instead. What a guy!

That was fantastic please more Liam Lawson talks. Especially ask him about winning on debut in Superformula and the other series he did it in.

This talk and Albon's talk on High Performance are some of the best interviews with racers i've seen in a LONG time! Keep it up please!!

So glad we got the long form interview with Mr. Lawson's "short" answers!

Liam seems like such a good dude. Hope he finds an F1 seat.

Feels nice having a conversation more technical

Your content fills a perfect niche for mech eng dorks like me. Cheers from A&M, oh and btw UTA had and still has a sick FSAE program, I’m sure you’re a legend over in Arlington

Blake, this is a 2023 highlight! Excellent interview/conversation with This Fine Young Star from NZ, to me a real revelation and what a promise for the future. Covering just about all grounds! This vid is for keeps as far as I'm concerned. Truly hope you will be doing many more conversations like this in times to come, particularly with those drivers that have it in them to fill the Grid in the future! Thank you so much!! Greets from Amsterdam. To both!

A great conversation! Being a big fan of the Super Formula Car in iRacing (which Liam had direct input on) it was great to hear more about it from the horses mouth. Sounds like it's a great stepping stone to F1 that F2 needs to look into otherwise drivers will be going to Japan to ply their trade instead. Also hopefully Liam gets that permanent F1 seat sooner rather than later. He seems a Top Lad 👍🏻 Great interview Blake.

Great interview, very cool guy, thanks to you both!

You and Peter Windsor are the best F1 content. Most of the other channels are basically DTS companions

What a nice guy! Hope he makes is to F1

Really keen to see Liam in RB alongside Max in the future, clearly super capable and faaast

Hey dude... hope you're well. Hope you can come back to making your videos. Missing you content and analysis. Regards

Such a good interview. It’s so refreshing to watch a podcast by someone who has such an in depth knowledge from an aspect of racing that journalists and podcasters just don’t possess. You’re both so well spoken. Keen to listen to many more of these!

Can’t imagine how difficult physically F1 cars are nowadays. Super Formula is no slouch but his mentioned his neck was falling off in the middle of the F1 race is really saying something about F1 performance.

Great interview, thanks for sharing. Lawson really impressed me this season, hope to see more from him in F1 soon.

Fantastic interview with my fav F1 prospect. Awesome job Blake and thank you so much for the time and insight Liam.

Good job Blake! I hope you do more of this. Your own experience makes these interviews very interesting. Thanks!

Finally my exam is done! Now I can watch this in peace.

This is one of my favorite RU-vid videos of the year, just so interesting. And what a guy too, one of the drivers of the season for sure

This guy just belongs in formula 1, just a vibe

Hope he gets a seat in f1 he definitely can mix it up with the best

Excellent episode !! Such an interesting conversation ❤ it would be great to invite other f1 engineers to the podcast

WE NEED A BRAKEF1 TESTING ANALYSIS ASAPP!

The warmup laps he talked about bring a certain mystique to the race as well. Seeing the cars fly around a few times just showing you that in a few moments theyll be barrelling down the track is chilling. We do it alot for sprint car races over here to break the track in a bit and its always the most badass part of the night

You two lovely fellas love your key words. Blake " super" Liam " basically" You both are " basically super"

lets goooo!!!

Did not expect it already! Let us enjoy it.

I wish we can get a new vid soon, love you’r content specially the technical stuff. Hope you are doing well, regards.

2 me,it's always been a mini F1 dating back to Frentzen,Salo,R Schumacher,De La Rosa,etc. I think I read somewhere that even M Schumacher tested a JF3000 before his time at Jordan. Like Alesi,I wanted to marry a Japanes actresss.

I was so shocked about Liam's F1 experience😳....he's an incredibly talented driver but, this video helps a lot to understand the background....

Mighty interview .. bright guy with a bright future .. just needs a good ‘break’. Sorry .. Would love to see him with a full winter prep behind him and given the same pre-season build-up that other Rookies usually get.

re: push-to-pass vs. drs - what about if DRS was available at driver's discretion at any point around the circuit, but could only be used for a total of X seconds each lap (variable per circuit)? Obviously it'd be dangerous around corners, but drivers aren't dumb, right?

I believe if there was another series like Super formula but globally (not F1) it could have been very popular sadly the CART series of course shot themselves but still sometimes I wish there was another open wheels series as fun as Super formula but worldwide

Great interview! Loved the questions and the approach to the interview, different from a TV interview in a good way. On YT there is a bit more freedom to dive into technical stuff and Blake took full advantage of that. The one question I would have liked you to have asked is what gives a better preparation for F1, a grid full of young drivers with at most 2 years experience in the car (F2) or a grid with all different kind of levels of experience in racing the car and tracks? (For a while now I'm thinking that F2 should become a partial professional series (all 2 teams have 2 cars and 1 of them should be for someone with less than 2 seasons experience and the other can go to a more experienced driver) because I think it prepares drivers better but also bc F2 champions that don't go on to become F1 drivers than have a place to without having to almost exit formula racing bc there is no place anymore)

It's a crime they didn't upload this season on YT. Super Formula AND Super GT are awesome!

Great interview Blake, I can't wait to see Liam get a full time shot at F1. Those few races were really impressive.

As a kiwi my heart was already pumping knowing the whole video was about Liam, but then in the intro you mentioned Nick Cassidy and my head almost exploded. 2 kiwis, doing us proud 🇳🇿

A long interview with Liam is something I really enjoyed on Beyond the Grid, but you really asked questions that made for a far more engrossing piece of content. I watched his last super formula race as best I could but without understanding Japanese it was bewildering. So I really loved this being the focus of the interview. Such a likable guy. I really hope we see him in a seat as soon as possible

Go the kiwi ❤

Push to passsss

Awesome Interview! keep up the great work man, absolutely been loving the channel and pod!

Loving this. Known about super formula for a very long time but its near impossible to watch in the US. Seen some old races on YT but thats about it. Awesome chat brrrake!

Thats the man that overtook Max on track in racing conditions since Charles Austria 2022

Lawson is a very underrated driver and an overall cool guy. Super Formula is a beast of a series.

Fantastic interview! Been keenly watching Liams journey over the years, this was super insightful.

Amazing interview! Thank you, Blake.

This was brilliant. Great video. We need more of these please. Also Liam comes across as a top guy. Hope he gets a full time seat soon and we see much more form him in motor racing.

Won in his first Super Formula race. What a chad.

hey love your channel and love your hat! where did you get it from? thank you!

Favorite RU-vid channel for the last year or so. Love the content and keep it up.

Thanks for all the amazing content you put up!

You two should work together you seem to have a really great relationship!

Lovely interview Blake

Great job on the interview..Liam top lad

Im a kiwi loved that interview, thank you

Great interview. As someone said before one of the best interview with Alex Albon's interview on high performance channel ? I dont't think Alex Albon raced in Super formula. A lot of other great drivers raced in SF like Gasly, Vandoorne, Cassidy and Fenestraz in recent years and in the past Irvine, Ralf Schumacher, Romain Dumas, Lotterer.

LL Cool Jandal is one of my fav drivers...

1:00 Are you sure Albono drove in Super Formula? 🤔 I can't find any mention of it anywhere 😅

Liam Lawson should have a F1 seat, the best rookie I ever seen!

Why pre-season testings without BrrrakeF1 comments/observations? 😞

Nice one Blake, question… can you do a New Zealand accent as well as you do a British accent me old mukker ? God bless you Mary Poppins. 😉

Where is Episode 2 ???

Great talk, great guest!

What an amazing lad...

this guy doesnt upload at all anymore

great interview

Loved it!

Thank God, you got rid of that insufferable cohost of a cu*t. I’m sure he was just a joy to walk the halls of Red Bull with, lol. Keep doing your own thing. You’re a great interviewer and very informative. Really hoping Liam gets a proper shot soon. He’s really quick and very good when the heat on the back of his neck so he deserves a proper seat. I would love to see him in a Red Bull, beside Max, I honestly don’t think he’s intimidated by him, which is what that team needs in that other seat.

Hiya, dude! I'm 17, just finished my AS exams, and I'm looking to get into some high form of engineering within Motorsports, and I had a few questions. If you could point me in the correct direction, that would be fantastic. I heard a few recommendations that learning as many things as possible is good for getting this kind of a job, such as Python and MATLAB. Are there any other things I should think of learning? How do I know what type of engineering I like? That's currently my biggest issue. I don't know, I just love cars and always have. But there's many different components to engineering, be it Manufacture, Motorsport, Aerodynamics, whatever whatever. How do I know which one I like? I've never done this, so I don't really know the difference. Would I end up finding out at Uni? How would I know which one's for me? Also, what is the pay like? Haven't really seen that listed anywhere. Obviously it'll change with the job and experience, but a general quote would be great! My final Question is, how transferable would my skill-set be, if I were to go from being a Motorsport Engineer, to something a little more relaxed? I wanna spend a fair amount of time with a family I want to build. Anywho, thank you very much for your time!