Liam Lawson has revealed his frustration at being passed by Kimi
Antonelli in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after "running out of
energy" after his pit-stop. Lawson started third in Baku and ran
strongly in the opening stages, keeping the place until his
pit-stop, which was in response to Antonelli attempting the
undercut. At the start of Lap 21, Lawson actually emerged ahead of
Antonelli and what was then 10th place as the Mercedes used DRS on
the run to Turn 3, but on the main straight to begin Lap 22,
Antonelli roared past. Antonelli would go onto finish in fourth as
Lawson engaged in a late battle with Yuki Tsunoda, Lando Norris,
and Lewis Hamilton whilst also keeping Charles Leclerc behind for
long periods of the race. Eventually, Lawson cycled through to a
fifth place finish, which is a career-best, eclipsing his sixth
from Austria earlier this season, and is the best for a New
Zealander in F1 since Chris Amon's fifth at the 1976 Spanish GP.
Reflecting, Lawson explained how he made sure he learnt his lesson
from being handicapped during the Antonelli battle. Liam Lawson
makes 'frustrating' revelation despite equalling 50-year record "I
ran out of energy, it was so frustrating," Lawson explained of the
battle with Antonelli to media , including RacingNews365. "I saw
the bar and got to the straight, and I knew halfway down that I was
going to have nothing left, so it is something I learned from. "I
made sure that when the next pack of cars came, it never happened,
and I made sure through the lap that I always had the energy, so it
was a big learning point for me. "But realistically, he finished 10
seconds or something in front of me (11.530s), so I don't think I
would have kept him behind for another 30-odd laps, it was hard
enough to keep the other group behind me. "I don't think we had the
speed to finish on the podium, as much as I would have loved it,
and when you start P3, obviously, part of you tries to make it feel
like it is possible. "We tried everything, we made the right call
on the pit-stops, tried to cover Kimi, but just didn't have the
speed. "So it is frustrating, but looking at the big picture, it
is a great result to finish fifth and take that going forward."
Antonelli in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after "running out of
energy" after his pit-stop. Lawson started third in Baku and ran
strongly in the opening stages, keeping the place until his
pit-stop, which was in response to Antonelli attempting the
undercut. At the start of Lap 21, Lawson actually emerged ahead of
Antonelli and what was then 10th place as the Mercedes used DRS on
the run to Turn 3, but on the main straight to begin Lap 22,
Antonelli roared past. Antonelli would go onto finish in fourth as
Lawson engaged in a late battle with Yuki Tsunoda, Lando Norris,
and Lewis Hamilton whilst also keeping Charles Leclerc behind for
long periods of the race. Eventually, Lawson cycled through to a
fifth place finish, which is a career-best, eclipsing his sixth
from Austria earlier this season, and is the best for a New
Zealander in F1 since Chris Amon's fifth at the 1976 Spanish GP.
Reflecting, Lawson explained how he made sure he learnt his lesson
from being handicapped during the Antonelli battle. Liam Lawson
makes 'frustrating' revelation despite equalling 50-year record "I
ran out of energy, it was so frustrating," Lawson explained of the
battle with Antonelli to media , including RacingNews365. "I saw
the bar and got to the straight, and I knew halfway down that I was
going to have nothing left, so it is something I learned from. "I
made sure that when the next pack of cars came, it never happened,
and I made sure through the lap that I always had the energy, so it
was a big learning point for me. "But realistically, he finished 10
seconds or something in front of me (11.530s), so I don't think I
would have kept him behind for another 30-odd laps, it was hard
enough to keep the other group behind me. "I don't think we had the
speed to finish on the podium, as much as I would have loved it,
and when you start P3, obviously, part of you tries to make it feel
like it is possible. "We tried everything, we made the right call
on the pit-stops, tried to cover Kimi, but just didn't have the
speed. "So it is frustrating, but looking at the big picture, it
is a great result to finish fifth and take that going forward."
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