Red Bull junior LiamLawson30 takes victory in his maiden race in Super Formula with an impressive drive from third place at Fuji. Full race report: sformula
Having qualified third on the grid, Lawson passed the TGM car of Toshiki Oyu following a safety car restart on lap 8 of 41 before settling in behind pole-sitter and Mugen teammate Nojiri.
But the combination of the undercut and a pitstop that was 0.4s stop brought Lawson back into play, and the 21-year-old was able to take advantage of tyres that were fully up to temperature to grab the lead. It left Lawson with the possibility of surviving a short sprint to the finish, but the debris left behind by Alesi and Fukuzumi couldn’t be cleared in time, with Lawson taking the chequered flag behind the safety car.
Impul driver Hirakawa was able to demote Nakajima Racing’s Naoki Yamamoto and the similarly late-stopping TOM’S car of Ritomo Miyata in the final green flag laps of the race, but the prolonged caution meant he wasn’t able to take any further advantage of fresher tyres.
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