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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 drove an impressive race to seventh in Sao Paulo. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n
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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 drove an impressive race to seventh in Sao Paulo. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n
Hadjar attempted a bold outside pass into Turn 1 on the final lap, making slight contact with Lawson, but both drivers emerged unscathed.<\/p>\n
The drama came on the back of a perfectly executed one-stop strategy by the Kiwi, who stretched his medium tyres across the majority of the race while making early gains at both the start and the Safety Car restart.<\/p>\n
Lawson said he respected his teammate\u2019s attempt while praising the overall result for the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, he was going for a move, and it\u2019s the type of corner that obviously curves in and he\u2019s obviously trying to clear me before the braking and I think just misjudged it,\u201d Lawson told Sky Sports F1.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut obviously we both came out of it, so it was okay \u2013 and more importantly for the team to have two cars seventh and eighth is great today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the last step of a race. Honestly, I think there\u2019s no way that the team can expect, or anybody can expect, as much as it\u2019s the ideal thing to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no way that we\u2019re not going to race for a position like that. So I respect that. Obviously we\u2019re lucky that we came out of it, but it\u2019s been a great weekend for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hadjar admitted he had overreached on the final lap and wasn\u2019t fully satisfied with his overall performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI pushed it a little too much. But honestly it was very, very fun,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe went on the one stop and at the very last lap, I mean, his gearbox, I think you can\u2019t do any better than that. And I tried and I overdid it. Kind of my mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut yeah, just strategy on the first couple of laps was not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane praised both drivers and the team\u2019s execution, noting the importance of the result for their championship battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirstly, congratulations to the whole team today. It\u2019s been a barren spell for us, so to come back here and qualify so well, to then having both cars in the points is a superb effort,\u201d Permane said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t have the pace of Bearman in the Haas today, but we outscore all our rivals in the championship and give ourselves a healthier gap to seventh in the constructors\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very close between both Liam and Isack; we split the strategies, and they ended up racing each other, which we trusted them to do, and Liam came out on top with an excellently managed one-stop strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added the team would take time to recover ahead of the season-ending triple header.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have two weeks until Las Vegas where we head into one of the toughest sequences of the year with the final triple header,\u201d Permane said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat will be important is preparing well for Vegas but also making sure that everyone gets some time to recover and refresh.\u201d<\/p>\n
The result marked a strong weekend for Racing Bulls, extending their advantage over Aston Martin by 10 points in the battle for sixth in the constructors\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n