Liam Lawson continued his solid 2025 season form, this time at the US Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, finishing just outside the points in 11th place. With Constructor’s Championship rival Aston Martin Racing finishing in tenth with Fernando Alonso, they have moved one-point closer and are now just three-points behind Lawson’s Visa Cash App Racing Bulls team who are in sixth place.
“I gave the race everything I could but didn’t have the strongest start as I was boxed at Turn 1,” commented Lawson. “That place probably cost us a point, however overall the pace wasn’t strong enough today.
“It’s very hard to overtake here and Aston (Martin Racing) had control of us throughout the race by being both in front and behind. It’s frustrating as there have been points available throughout the weekend which we missed out on, but we’ll take our learnings into Mexico next weekend.”
Lawson crashed twice in practice leading up to the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago but was able to regain his composure, finishing in 12th. His 11th place in Austin shows consistency and it is hard to view his performance as a negative one. He did nothing wrong. However, more kudos would have been gained if he had finished ahead of Alonso and gained a key championship point, yet his Racing Bulls car just did not have the pace.
“A tough afternoon to finish off what has been a difficult weekend for us all round; we simply didn’t have the pace we’ve had in recent weeks and the pace we expected to have,” said Alan Permane, RB Team Principal. “We will of course spend time analysing where we could have done better and where we went wrong.
“The beauty of F1 is that we’ll be back on track again in five days’ time, so we get a chance to put things right quickly. Mexico is a standard weekend format at a track both drivers know well, and we see some of the highest top speeds of the season.
“It presents a unique challenge where we run the biggest front and rear wings of the season, but due to the high altitude we generate the least downforce of the season. We will work hard on preparation this week and I’m very sure we will get ourselves back into Q3 and back into the points!”
Constructor’s Championship
1/ McLaren 678
2/ Mercedes 341
3/ Ferrari 334
4/ Red Bull Racing 331
5/ Williams 111
6/ RB 72
7/ Aston Martin Racing 69
8/ Sauber 59
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