Liam Lawson has backed up his strong race form in Brazil with another solid performance in qualifying for the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Visa Cash App Racing Bulls driver went through to Q3 and will start sixth on the grid with teammate Izack Hadjar also making Q3 and starting from grid eight.
“It was a wild Qualifying session today but I’m very happy with P6,” commented Lawson. “For us to be using an extreme tyre throughout two of the sessions shows just how slippery it was, as we rarely use this tyre. The car has been really fast, but we still missed the last lap by a small margin. I think we had more speed in the car and the opportunity to be higher up, however to have both cars in Q3 is a great result.”
“This morning wasn’t an easy FP3 session with the track neither completely wet nor completely dry, and in Quali, we found conditions difficult as well,” said Claudio Balestri, Racing Bulls Chief Engineer. “We decided to start on the Inter tyres on both cars, similar to the majority of others, but grip was very low, which was evident as soon as we came out of the pitlane.
“For these reasons we decided to change our plan by pitting immediately for the Wets and maximize the track time. In Q2 we elected to follow a similar plan, with the Wet tyre being the best for the low level of grip and stay out the whole session; the two drivers were able to set very competitive lap times and we ended up P2 with Isack and P6 with Liam.
“The track improved with the rain stopping, so we went onto the Inters for the last session, which was the right call. Both drivers did a really good job improving lap on lap, finishing in P6 and P8. Now we need switch our focus to the race where the target is to get in the points.”
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