Having simply been confirmed as a alternative for Daniel Ricciardo on the Visa Money App RB outfit, Liam Lawson has mirrored on the “horrible” race weekend on the Singapore Grand Prix.
Visa Money App RB confirmed final week that Liam Lawson will exchange Daniel Ricciardo from Austin and can be driving for the Faenza-based outfit for the rest of the 2024 FIA Method One World Championship season, racing alongside Yuki Tsunoda in the USA Grand Prix on the Circuit of the Americas.
Lawson has been a Crimson Bull reserve driver since 2022, making his Grand Prix debut in Zandvoort final 12 months throughout Daniel’s restoration interval. His spectacular five-race drive noticed him rating factors for the Staff, ending ninth within the Singapore Grand Prix.
Chatting with New Zealand’s radio station Newstalk ZB, Lawson has opened up on the ambiance on the Faenza-based outfit in the course of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend, revealing that it was unusual given the looming announcement.
“The weekend in Singapore was not nice in any respect as a result of clearly all of us knew what was going to occur. On the similar time, Daniel has at all times been excellent to me after I drove in his place final 12 months.
“And even this season he was an individual with whom I by no means felt that I used to be in competitors for the seat. So, on the weekend the emotions have been horrible. However, the chance to drive in Method 1 comes solely as soon as, and for me, it has come now.
“So I can solely be grateful to Crimson Bull for the chance and really feel the necessity to take it with each palms. He additionally advised me the identical factor, he advised me that I’ve to get essentially the most out of this opportunity that was given to me.”
Pushed on to mirror on Ricciardo’s strategy and efficiency on the Singapore Grand Prix, Lawson insisted that the Perth-born driver was very skilled regardless of figuring out that it could be his final F1 race.
“He did a very good job for the entire weekend and I’ve a deep respect for him and for the best way he managed to reside with this factor. I do not suppose it is easy to think about what it means to be in such a place, however I used to be in an analogous scenario final 12 months.
“Clearly, issues are completely different as a result of he’s far more of a public determine and is far more well-known than I’m, so he obtained lots of questions on it all through the weekend and managed to keep away from them. He actually did an distinctive job.”
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