{"id":28504,"date":"2025-07-28T04:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/28504\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T04:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:04:10","slug":"f1-news-liam-lawson-scores-points-in-near-perfect-belgian-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/28504\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: Liam Lawson scores points in \u2018near-perfect\u2019 Belgian 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 scored more points for Racing Bulls in Belgium. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

Lawson crossed the line eighth at Spa-Francorchamps, keeping his nose clean with strategy and tyre management key to his success.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed today,\u201d Lawson said post-race.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften in those conditions you just want to survive, so I\u2019m very happy for the team and how everything came together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always tricky when you cross over to a dry tyre when it\u2019s damp, but the car was fast and in clean air we had great pace.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of work goes into little details each weekend when the championship is this tight, so now we need to keep the momentum rolling forward and make sure we enter the summer break on a high.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a timely return to form for the Kiwi, who went scoreless through the opening seven races of the season.<\/p>\n

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Since then, Lawson has scored in three of the last six grands prix, with all three points finishes coming from top 10 grid starts.<\/p>\n

New Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane, overseeing his first weekend in charge following Laurent Mekies\u2019 promotion to the senior Red Bull team, praised Lawson\u2019s clean and measured drive.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiam had a near-perfect race,\u201d he said. \u201cHe managed his tyres exceptionally well, both on the intermediates and on the dry tyre.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was strong and able to comfortably pull away from [Gabriel] Bortoleto behind and was very happy with the car overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Lawson continues to build momentum, teammate Isack Hadjar finds himself heading in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

The French rookie finished 20th and last after suffering a straight-line speed issue from early in the race, a problem the team said was evident from as early as Lap 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we had an issue with the car for almost the whole race and that made me lose quite a lot of lap time,\u201d Hadjar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very frustrating, as I felt like the car underneath me was working really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a shame for the team, as everyone has done an amazing job, and I think it could have been a double-points finish today after Liam\u2019s result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hadjar has now gone four races without scoring, having banked points in four of his first nine starts.<\/p>\n

Permane acknowledged the team\u2019s disappointment over the missed opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all, we have to apologise to Isack,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a problem with his car that we could see from around Lap 8, causing him a loss of straight-line speed and costing him a lot of time over the course of the race.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shame because he had a great car all weekend and great pace so if it wasn\u2019t for that, I\u2019m sure it would have been a very different result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawson\u2019s result moves him up to 14th in the drivers\u2019 championship on 16 points, while Racing Bulls remain in a tight battle for sixth in the Constructors\u2019 Championship, currently sitting seventh on 41 points, two behind Sauber and five ahead of Aston Martin.<\/p>\n

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