Liam Lawson was left frustrated after narrowly missing out on points to Fernando Alonso at the United States Grand Prix \u2013 and reckons one particular moment may have cost him his chance of scoring.<\/p>\n
Lawson<\/a> has scored points on just one occasion across the last five weekends, and came agonisingly close to adding to his tally on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n Battling with Alonso<\/a> throughout, he was also forced to pay close attention to the second Aston Martin<\/a> of Lance Stroll<\/a>, who recovered from 19th place, after a five-place grid penalty, to finish 12th. Lawson finished just one place ahead of Stroll in 11th.<\/p>\n \u201cThe start was not amazing,\u201d reflected the Racing Bulls driver. \u201cI just got boxed at Turn 1 and lost a place, which in the end is probably what has cost us a point. But overall, we weren\u2019t really quick enough, to be honest.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to overtake, and Aston had us basically one in front and one behind today; they basically had control of us, which was frustrating. I just couldn\u2019t overtake Fernando, and was having to defend from behind, so a frustrating race.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if it was a weekend of missed opportunities, Lawson added: \u201cI think we had points available all weekend that we\u2019ve missed out on, so it\u2019s pretty frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n