PARIS.- The team of Formula 1, Racing Bulls, announced this Thursday the renewal for 2027 of its two current drivers, the New Zealander Liam Lawson and the british Arvid Lindblad.
With three races left in the championship (Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi), Lawson occupies 9th position in the drivers’ championship, while Lindblad, 19, is 11th in his first season in motorsport’s top category.
“Both have demonstrated their abilities and potential throughout the season (…) Together we have a solid foundation to build on the progress made this year,” declared the team director Alan Permanecited in the team’s statement, which traditionally serves as a pool of pilots for Red Bull.
While Lindblad’s continuity offered few doubts, Lawson’s was more uncertain, after the 24-year-old driver joined the team at the beginning of 2025 after having only competed in two races with Red Bull.
Finland blocks Russian athletes
The Finnish government will prohibit the entry of Russian athletes into its territory because it considers that they represent a threat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced this Thursday. Foreign Affairs.
The Nordic country is the headquarters of the next Skating World Cupin March 2027 in the city of Tampereso the international federation of this sport (ISU) has already announced that it is “studying” the implications of the Finnish government’s decision.
“As long as the war of aggression carried out by RussiaRussian athletes have nothing to do in Finland“he declared Elina Valtonencited in a statement.
In mid-October, the minister had already urged the member states of the European Union (EU) to stop issuing tourist visas to Russians, in rejection of the invasion of Ukraine started in 2022.
“Their entry into the territory would constitute a threat to Finland’s international relations,” the minister added.
Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia, stopped issuing visas to citizens of that country for non-essential travel in 2022.
