Liam Lawson on ‘crazy’ season after Red Bull sacking

AFP | Sakhir

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Liam Lawson yesterday reflected on a “crazy” start to his first full season in Formula One.

Axed after just two races by Red Bull he was demoted to their sister team RB for last weekend’s race in Japan, with Yuki Tsunoda replacing him as Max Verstappen’s teammate.

“Obviously it’s been a crazy couple of weeks and months and a lot of it has been not the most enjoyable,” confessed the young New Zealander.

Lawson is preparing for his second run out with the RB team he had 11 races with last season at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

With the temperature gauge at the Sakhir circuit nudging 37 degrees Celsius it was nothing like the heat he felt at Red Bull after two pointless performances in Australia and China.

Mentally it’s been a tough start to his first full season in the fast lane, but the 23-yearold said he was taking solace in still being able to do his day job.

“The fact that I’m racing each weekend at the moment is probably the best thing for me because it just means I can focus on driving,” he said, with the drone of helicopters arriving at the circuit overhead.

He finished 17th in Suzuka last Sunday on his return to RB, with his fellow rookie teammate Isack Hadjar picking up his first ever F1 points in eighth, but vowst here is better to come.