Liam Lawson endured one other difficult outing for Crimson Bull on the Chinese language Grand Prix as he didn’t make any vital progress to infiltrate the points-paying positions.
In Qualifying for each the Dash and the Grand Prix, the New Zealander discovered himself on the backside of the order in twentieth – whereas he made some headway in the course of the Dash, surging by means of the sector to P14, there have been hopes he may do much more in Sunday’s 56-lap race regardless of one other lowly beginning slot.
Forward of the race Crimson Bull made some changes to the set-up on Lawson’s automobile underneath Parc Ferme situations, which relegated him to a pit lane begin, with the intention to provide him a automobile that may go well with him extra favourably.
Nevertheless, whereas a number of drivers – most notably the Haas pair of Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman – took benefit of the unanticipated tyre life to cost into the highest 10, the 23-year-old by no means got here near the factors and completed the race in P15, which ultimately turned P12 following the disqualifications of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly.
