Liam Lawson left mouths agape as he turned his hand to rally driving at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Having never driven a rally car before in his life, Lawson needed only five laps to get a World Rally Championship stage-winner sweating. His brief was merely to get within 15 seconds of the time, never mind under one second.

Liam Lawson: A future rally star?

Long-time partners in the World Rally Championship, Red Bull and Ford are extending that alliance to Formula 1, working together on the Red Bull power unit which will debut for F1 2026.

And ahead of that milestone, Liam Lawson – currently driving for Red Bull’s junior F1 team Racing Bulls – was set a task at July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Lawson spelled out exactly what his challenge entailed.

“The challenge is for me to

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