{"id":36545,"date":"2025-08-01T03:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36545\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T03:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:53:08","slug":"liam-lawson-comments-on-key-to-successful-f1-season-speedcafe-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/36545\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Lawson comments on key to successful F1 season- Speedcafe.com"},"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 is hopeful his recent strong form will continue in 2025. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

The Racing Bulls driver, who is coming off an impressive eighth-place finish in Belgium, described the 2025 campaign so far as a \u201cwhirlwind\u201d with a rocky start that has since stabilised.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been busy. It\u2019s been a whirlwind, especially at the start of the year,\u201d Lawson said. \u201cVery unexpected, and what was probably a rocky start has now stabilised and we\u2019re in a better place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe speed\u2019s been there most of the year, and it\u2019s nice that we\u2019re finally able to get a couple of good results. As a whole, we need to be doing that more.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo have two or three of those races over the first half of the season is not enough. Going forward into the second half of the year, we\u2019re trying to replicate this more. Right now, with how close it is, it\u2019s the little things that make a big difference.<\/p>\n

He said qualifying is crucial in a tightly packed field, with track position playing a bigger role than outright race pace.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith how important it is [qualifying] at the moment because everybody\u2019s very close, even on tracks that are maybe easier to overtake, it\u2019s still difficult because you don\u2019t have a three, four, five tenth pace advantage,\u201d Lawson explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have like a one or two tenth pace advantage, and that\u2019s very hard to overtake. Qualifying is very important, it sets up your weekend. Where our weekends have fallen away, at least on my side, has been normally in an average qualifying.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere our weekends have been strong, it\u2019s when we qualify well. That\u2019s the main target: just extracting everything, making sure we have the car in the best place going into qualifying, and then for me getting everything out of it and doing a better job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reflecting on his race in Belgium \u2014 which his new team principal Alan Permane called \u201cnear perfect\u201d<\/a> \u2014 Lawson was more modest about his performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always tricky in those conditions when it\u2019s changing,\u201d he added. \u201cIn the car, it felt like it was still quite wet when everyone was putting on slicks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were actually one of the early cars to do it. If they\u2019d asked me if I thought it was ready, I probably would have said no.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite that, he acknowledged the car\u2019s recent pace and further highlighted how tight the competition is.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn most tracks we\u2019ve been to, practice has been quite strong and I feel like we\u2019ve started in a good place and not had too much to work on. It\u2019s just very close right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawson sits 14th in the drivers\u2019 standings on 16 points after scoring points in three of the last six races.<\/p>\n

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