Liam Lawson tried to take the positives from a disappointing Racing Bulls return on the Japanese Grand Prix after ending seventeenth whereas rookie staff mate Isack Hadjar bagged factors in P8.
Lawson changed Yuki Tsunoda at Racing Bulls in Japan, after Crimson Bull elected to swap the pair, following a difficult opening two weekends of the season for the New Zealander.
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With the Racing Bulls automobile believed to have traits which make it extra consumer pleasant, it was hoped that Lawson would display a few of the tempo he had proven in direction of the tip of 2024, which had earned him the preliminary Crimson Bull name up.
Though he escaped the primary section of Qualifying for the primary time this 12 months and outqualified Tsunoda – beginning thirteenth on the grid – he fell again within the race after making an attempt to go longer than most on his first stint.