Formula 1
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Good to see there is so a chance for Liam to step up to the top team
Liam Lawson gets F1 chance to replace Pérez alongside Verstappen at Red Bull
Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has indicated Liam Lawson has an opportunity to make his case to replace Sergio Pérez alongside Max Verstappen at the outfit
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Lawson getting 3rd in Q1 was impressive
Why didn’t he start Q2?
Was it because they already knew he would be 20th with engine penalty?
He inherited Ricciardo's penalty so will start at the back of the grid. I think the team decided Liam had shown enough of his potential and decided to save their tires
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"After struggling a bit on both sides of the garage in the Sprint race the team worked very hard to analyse the data and make a range of set-up changes ahead of qualifying and there are some signs from the limited running that it’s a step in the right direction. The balance of the car is improved and better optimised to the new floor. Yuki put a solid qualifying together but unfortunately just missed out on a place in Q3. Liam delivered a fantastic Q1 with his best lap time being good enough to make Q3 but with his PU penalty meaning he will start from the back, it was decided to use him to help Yuki in Q2 which together with his engineer he managed to achieve very well indeed across the two runs in Q2. We believe we have taken a step forward with the car today in qualifying and tomorrow’s race will enable us to see how well this has translated into race pace in what we expect to be another tight battle in the midfield."
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Apparently he tried to provide slipstream to Yuki in Q2 but didn’t race himself due to penalties.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
Apparently he tried to provide slipstream to Yuki in Q2 but didn’t race himself due to penalties.
It would’ve been great experience for Lawson to have a full qualification. That’s pretty much all this weekend is about because of where he has to start
It was more about Tsunoda. He was on the cusp of the top ten and taking Lawson out meant there was one less driver for him to beat in Q2.
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If you start at 20 not sure what a good result is? Finish better than 15?
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
If you start at 20 not sure what a good result is? Finish better than 15?
Horner called it a soft start. The bar is low
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Early days but up to 11!
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I thought it was only a 10 place penalty? Was it 18?
Purely done so Tsunoda didn't get shown up again. The fluffybunny still complained about getting a slipstream.
The wanted to keep tyres and stuff good for the race 20th (or 19th as it ended up) as he was still pretty unlikely to get anything other than 9th or so in reality.
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Currently 9th but yet to pit. Norris really needs to work on his starts!
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Lawson 9th post pit stop and most importantly ahead of his teammate.
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9th! Great first effort. Although Russell was amazing coming back from pit start to 6th.
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@Billy-Tell said in Formula 1:
9th! Great first effort. Although Russell was amazing coming back from pit start to 6th.
To be fair his car is superior and he's been racing all season.....
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Perez knocked out in QF1 at his home Grand Prix. Surely his days at red bull are numbered.
