'Just crazy': Lawson's F1 laps of Mount Panorama

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Fans trackside astatine the Bathurst 12 Hour person been treated to a alternatively peculiar rendition of Advance Australia Fair.

Red Bull Racing brought an F1 car to Mount Panorama to bash a objection tally connected Saturday, played the Australian nationalist anthem arsenic portion of the engine's warm-up process.

The assemblage gave a large cheer arsenic the rendition finished.

Minutes later, the 2011 World Championship-winning car was fto escaped connected the circuit, driven by Kiwi Liam Lawson.

Lawson trundled astir the way for the archetypal lap, earlier starting to propulsion successful laps following.

The car echoed astir the track, with fans astatine the bottommost of the upland easy capable to perceive the car flying crossed the top.

The car did not acceptable a typical thigh time, but squad representatives judge the car was susceptible of lapping the 6.2km circuit successful the 1min30s.

By comparison, the fastest clip successful qualifying for the Bathurst 12 Hour acceptable little than an hr aboriginal was a 2min01sec lap.

Lawson described lapping the circuit arsenic "just crazy".

F1 car roars astir Mount Panorama

"The archetypal thigh was honestly precise daunting going up the elevation with each the elevation, and I was rather nervous," helium told Speedcafe.

"But by the 2nd thigh I really got rather comfy and the car was truly good, truthful I loved it."

The 20-year-old Kiwi is the Red Bull Racing team's authoritative 3rd driver, and volition beryllium the nonstop understudy for Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez passim the 2023 season.

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