Who will drive for Racing Bulls in 2027?

Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad. The team announced contract extensions for both on 12 November 2026, while Nikola Tsolov becomes reserve driver for Red Bull and Racing Bulls.

Who is the youngest points scorer in Formula 1 history?

Max Verstappen, who scored his first points in 2015 aged 17 years and 180 days. Arvid Lindblad is second on that list, having scored on his 2026 debut aged 18 years and 181 days.

How many points has Liam Lawson scored in 2026?

After 20 Grands Prix he has 89 points and is ninth in the drivers' championship. Fourteen of them came at Red Bull, where he deputised for Isack Hadjar for three races.

What is the Faenza team's best constructors' championship finish?

Sixth so far, achieved in 2008, 2019, 2021 and 2025. Racing Bulls are fifth after 20 Grands Prix in 2026, so a new team record is possible at the end of the season.

Racing Bulls keep Lawson and Lindblad for the 2027 season

Nikola Tsolov becomes reserve driver as the Faenza team chases its best-ever constructors' finish.

The wait is over: Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad will race for Racing Bulls again in 2027. The Faenza team confirmed contract extensions for both drivers on 12 November, with Red Bull junior Nikola Tsolov moving into a reserve role for Red Bull and Racing Bulls next year.

Team principal Alan Permane said he had "no doubt that this is the best driver line-up for us". Behind that confidence lies a season of hard numbers.

Lawson's best season by a distance

After 20 Grands Prix the 24-year-old New Zealander sits ninth in the drivers' championship on 89 points, right behind the drivers of the four leading teams. Pierre Gasly in tenth has 42, and the whole Alpine team has 69, so Lawson alone has outscored the nearest rival squad.

He has finished in the points 15 times, twice in a Red Bull while standing in for the injured Isack Hadjar over three races. His best result is fifth in Monaco, and the run-in has been relentless: four seventh places in the last five Grands Prix. His previous best season, 2025, brought 38 points, a total he has already more than doubled.

Lindblad in Verstappen's footsteps

The 19-year-old Briton scored on debut, finishing eighth in Australia aged 18 years and 181 days. Only Max Verstappen has opened his Formula 1 points account younger, at 17 years and 180 days in 2015.

Formula 1's youngest points scorers — Age in years when scoring a first championship point (Grand Prix or Sprint), 1950–2026
Label	Value	Note
Max Verstappen (2015)	17.5	17y 180d
Arvid Lindblad (2026)	18.5	18y 181d
Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)	18.6	18y 203d
Lance Stroll (2017)	18.6	18y 225d
Oliver Bearman (2024)	18.8	18y 300d
Lando Norris (2019)	19.4	19y 138d

Barely more than a year separates the two: Lindblad was one year and one day older than Verstappen when he first scored.

In all, the rookie has scored in 11 Grands Prix, with sixth in Monaco his best finish, and lies just outside the top ten on 38 points. The last four weekends brought nothing, yet in Brazil he climbed from 18th on the grid to the edge of the points.

A clear pecking order

Inside the garage, Lawson holds the upper hand. In the 17 Grands Prix they have contested as team mates, he finished ahead 13 times to Lindblad's four. Retirements tell a closer story: one for Lawson, two for Lindblad.

Lawson vs Lindblad in 2026 — After 20 Grands Prix, race and Sprint points; finishing ahead counts only the 17 shared Racing Bulls races
Metric	Liam Lawson	Arvid Lindblad
Championship points	89	38
Points finishes	15	11
Finished ahead	13	4
Best GP finish	P5	P6
Retirements	1	2

Fourteen of Lawson's points came during his three-race stint at Red Bull as stand-in for the injured Isack Hadjar.

History within reach

The stakes are high for the team too. Racing Bulls are fifth in the constructors' championship on 114 points, 45 clear of Alpine with three rounds to go, and almost two thirds of that haul belongs to Lawson.

Whether as Minardi, Toro Rosso, AlphaTauri or RB, the Faenza outfit has never finished higher than sixth since 1985, a result it managed in 2008, 2019, 2021 and 2025.

Tsolov will have to wait. Racing Bulls have chosen continuity, and if Lindblad closes the gap in his second season, one of the midfield's best battles of 2027 could unfold within a single garage.