Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One driver Liam Lawson is not happy after qualifying 17th for the Miami Grand Prix Sprint Race on Saturday (local time).
“A series of unfortunate events in SQ1 meant that we didn’t have the Sprint Quali we were hoping for today,” commented Lawson. “We misplaced the garage exit which led to us being further back on the track, and we didn’t have a strong out lap either.
“I then had a flat spot and destroyed the tyre on lap one and driving the second lap on the flat-spotted tyre led to too many vibrations.
“The car has improved from this morning though, so we’ll take positives from this into tomorrow.”
“First Practice and Sprint Qualifying today didn’t go entirely to plan today for us; we came away feeling we could have achieved more,” said Tim Goss, VCARB Chief Technical Director. ” Arvid (Lindblad) suffered some tyre damage on both sets this morning, hampering his need to familiarise himself with a new track.
“Despite this, he delivered a really good performance in SQ1, to put the car into SQ2 (qualifying 16th).
“Liam had a good Practice session on the other hand and completed high-fuel preparations for the Sprint and Race. He struggled a little under braking on his first flying lap in SQ1 and then for his second attempt he just missed the cut into SQ2.
“We line up for the Sprint in P16 and P17 and will look to maximise our learning ahead of tomorrow’s Race.”
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