{"id":131744,"date":"2025-09-10T02:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/131744\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T02:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:45:10","slug":"f1-news-lawson-optimistic-despite-frustrating-italian-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/131744\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Lawson optimistic despite frustrating Italian GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLiam Lawson insists there were positives to take out his difficult weekend in Italy. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

Monza marked only the second F1 outing for the New Zealander at the historic circuit, having previously deputised for Daniel Ricciardo in 2023.<\/p>\n

However, the low-downforce circuit posed difficulties, with Lawson finishing 17th in Friday practice after setup changes that \u201cdidn\u2019t go as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Qualifying offered little reprieve, as Lawson ran into dirty air from a car ahead and understeered off through the first Lesmo, leaving him 18th on the grid.<\/p>\n

Despite a strong start, an alternate race strategy designed to gain positions failed to pay off, and he ultimately finished 14th.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tough race starting from the back,\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tried something different with the strategy and took a gamble, but unfortunately, it didn\u2019t pay off.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were close, but a few cars came out ahead of us on fresh tyres, and we got stuck behind them, which was really frustrating.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad we cleared that pack, it could\u2019ve been a much easier race. The car has been quick, so it\u2019s disappointing to come away with no points.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn my side, we didn\u2019t quite maximise the weekend. That said, it\u2019s not as bad as it looks, and we\u2019ll look to turn things around in Baku.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawson also reflected on Monza\u2019s unique characteristics, noting the car\u2019s limitations in the low-downforce configuration.<\/p>\n

\u201cMonza\u2019s very unique, it\u2019s very low downforce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the car was necessarily slow, but compared to the previous week in Zandvoort [for the Dutch GP], it wasn\u2019t as strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we also had our fair share of issues, which didn\u2019t help us, so it\u2019s probably not as bad as it looks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kiwi\u2019s weekend was further complicated by a clash with Red Bull\u2019s Yuki Tsunoda<\/a>, who claimed significant damage to his car during their battle for 13th.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, Lawson said we was optimistic about the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The Baku Street Circuit, with its mix of tight corners and the longest straight on the F1 calendar, offers a different challenge, but one he is familiar with, having scored a podium at the circuit in F2 in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll run the simulations and try and come up with the best balance we can, and then see how the car is there,\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year it was a pretty tough race for the team, but hopefully this year, with how the car has been recently, we can have a strong weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawson\u2019s 14th-place finish in Monza marked his second consecutive race without points, while teammate Isack Hadjar secured a point after a recovery drive from the back of the grid.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson insists there were positives to take out his difficult weekend in Italy. Image: XPB Images Monza…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,44231,3352,9107,85],"class_list":["post-131744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-italian-gp","tag-liam-lawson","tag-racing-bulls","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}