Liam Lawson has lamented the timing of the red flag in Suzuka qualifying after a truncated Super Formula race in which he was severely compromised by his starting position.
Red Bull Formula 1 junior Lawson was classified sixth in Saturday’s penultimate round of the season, with the results declared after just three laps due to a stoppage caused by a terrifying crash between Hiroki Otsu and Ukyo Sasahara at 130R. It followed a difficult qualifying session for the Mugen driver in which he could set only the seventh-fastest time while his title rivals Ritomo Miyata and Tomoki Nojiri qualified on the front row.
Photo by: Masahide Kamio Liam Lawson, TEAM MUGEN “Obviously anything could have happened, I could have locked up and gone straight. But the lap was really good. “The car was really good for that new tyre and we were on for a very similar laptime. With the gap Tomoki had on the others I think it should have put us between them if not fighting with them. 'Unfortunately, just everything that could happen today happened to us.
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