Having finished the Miami Grand Prix Sprint race in 15th, after starting in 16th, Visa Cash App Racing Bull’s driver Liam Lawson went on to qualify in 12th position for Sunday’s Grand Prix.
“After a tough Sprint we gave everything we had during Quali today,” said Lawson. “We made some small improvements to the car since yesterday and had decent race pace, but the gap to the top ten feels like a stretch this weekend.
“This is definitely a development race with teams bringing some interesting upgrades, so we can learn a lot to take forwards. It felt like we maximised everything we had, so we’ll push to do the same tomorrow.”
Teammate Arvid Lindblad unfortunately had to withdraw from the Sprint Race before the start lights went out, then ended up qualifying in 17th for tomorrow’s Grand Prix.
“With Liam, we didn’t quite have the pace to get into Q3 unfortunately; the Alpine’s have been a little bit too quick for us here,” said Team Principal Allan Permane. “That being said, the rest of it went smoothly and we’ve dramatically improved the car from where we started, RBFPT have made huge improvements to the power unit operation.
“We saw from this morning in the Sprint that although we had problems early on with Liam, the car was competitive after we got over those initial problems, degradation was low and he was very happy with the car. Whilst were not as high up as we would like to be, I feel like we’ve been able to maximise everything.
“Arvid (Lindblad) has had another difficult day unfortunately, we had a problem with his car after the lap to grid and this meant he couldn’t take part in the Sprint, losing him valuable laps and balance learning.
“He got in a bit of a tangle on his last run in Q1 with traffic, which cost him some time at the start of the lap and some tyre preparation, and he narrowly missed out going into Q2. So, plenty of learning this weekend for him but I’m very sure the he’ll go into tomorrow well prepared and ready to fight.”
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