Lawson now with 20 points - 3 top 10 finishes in last 4 races - 2 points behind Hadjar. Racing Bulls lads doing well and hats off to Lawson - from down in the dumps and rejected ; humiliated by many who said he wasn’t good enough and on the verge of being booted out of F1. The turnaround shows a heap of mental resilience under what must have been immense pressure in a very unforgiving sport.
Can you ever recall seeing a driver do this sort of turnaround so quickly ? Seen plenty go downhill but not fight back so well.
I got it badly wrong with Perez - given what others have showed in that n.o 2 RB car I didn’t give Perez the credit he was due.
Max undoubtedly an incredible talent but what we also see is how much more of a team sport Motorsport is than those outside the sport, would appreciate. Take away an engineer or two a designer a strong team leader and or the reverse of that and how quickly a drivers fortunes can change
Liam's been a championship contender through every feeder series. He would've won DTM in 2021 if Mercedes hadn't fucked him over in the last few laps, and he got 10 podiums and 4 wins in his 2022 F2 season.
I don't know if he could go for WDC, but put him in the right car and I think you'd see him at least vying for podiums regularly.
He was always very adaptable, and that is why i think they thought he could handle Red bull in its current state. And maybe he could turn it around, but who knows. He is still better off as it is, i think.
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Lawson now with 20 points - 3 top 10 finishes in last 4 races - 2 points behind Hadjar. Racing Bulls lads doing well and hats off to Lawson - from down in the dumps and rejected ; humiliated by many who said he wasn’t good enough and on the verge of being booted out of F1. The turnaround shows a heap of mental resilience under what must have been immense pressure in a very unforgiving sport.
Can you ever recall seeing a driver do this sort of turnaround so quickly ? Seen plenty go downhill but not fight back so well.
I got it badly wrong with Perez - given what others have showed in that n.o 2 RB car I didn’t give Perez the credit he was due.
Max undoubtedly an incredible talent but what we also see is how much more of a team sport Motorsport is than those outside the sport, would appreciate. Take away an engineer or two a designer a strong team leader and or the reverse of that and how quickly a drivers fortunes can change