Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has raised eyebrows with his latest comments about Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson, suggesting the young Kiwi finds himself in the middle of too many on-track incidents.

Lawson's Miami Grand Prix weekend came to a premature end when a gearbox failure forced him into retirement. The mechanical gremlins also triggered a dramatic collision with Alpine's Pierre Gasly, as Lawson lost drive while the Frenchman attacked around the outside at the final corner. The resulting contact sent Gasly's Alpine flipping into the barriers—a heart-stopping moment that thankfully left both drivers unharmed.

Race stewards reviewed the incident and decided against penalizing Lawson, acknowledging the circumstances were beyond his control. Steiner, speaking on the Red Flags podcast, agreed there wasn't much Lawson could do this time, calling it simply "bad luck."

But when a host posed the question, "Why is it always him?" Steiner didn't hold back. "I was thinking the same," he replied. "At some stage, when something happens, you shouldn't be involved in it!"

This wasn't Lawson's only moment under the microscope in Miami. Earlier in the race, he found himself in a heated battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen at turn 11, with both drivers leaving the track. Racing Bulls quickly instructed Lawson to surrender the position.

The Miami outing marks Lawson's first DNF of the 2026 season, but the numbers tell a concerning story. Last year, he retired five times—four of those due to damage. Pundits are starting to notice a pattern. Former driver Christijan Albers summed it up bluntly: "There is always something going on with Lawson."

On the penalty points front, Lawson sits on three so far this season—joint-sixth among the 22 drivers and a quarter of the way to a race ban, though not yet a pressing concern. Oliver Bearman leads that unwanted chart with ten points, followed by Lance Stroll on six and championship leader Kimi Antonelli on five.

Not everyone is piling on, though. Legendary commentator Martin Brundle came to Lawson's defense after the Gasly crash, arguing that the dramatic image of the Alpine flipping made the incident look far worse than it actually was. David Coulthard also backed the young driver's racing approach.

For a driver still finding his feet in Formula 1, the spotlight is getting hot. The question now is whether Lawson can turn the narrative around—or if the pattern Steiner spotted will continue to follow him.