Liam Lawson’s mental strain revealed: ‘The engineers were very concerned’

“The engineers were c🐻oming to me very concerned about it, and at the end of the day, I think it was the logical thing to do.”

Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has revealed that several engineers expressed concerns about how 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson was affected𒆙 mentally by his difficult♚ stint with the team.

Lawson has been demoted to Racing Bulls after just two races alongside168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Max Verstappen.

The Kiwi failed to score a point in his two outi✤ngs for Red Bull, qualifying last in the two sessions at the Chinese Grand Prix last time out.

Red Bull have taken the brutal decision to drop Lawson after just two rounds, opening the door for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda t📖o 🤡make his Red Bull debut at his home race this weekend in Japan.

Lawson will be able♛ to rebuild his career at RB, partnering with Isack Hadjar.

Red Bull have stressed the importa🀅nce of looking after Lawson following his difficult tenure with th🎀e team.

ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix,🐷 Horner conceded that Lawson's on-track struggles affected him💞 mentally.

“I think with everything ✱that we saw in Australia and China, you could see that it was really affecting Liam quite badly🍌,” Horner explained.

“We could have left it, and I think th🥂at Liam is a driver with talent. Maybe within ♌half a season he would have got there, but we just don’t have that amount of time.

“It was something that was very clear to the engineering side within t🌟he team, just how much Liam was struggling with it all, and you could see that weight upon h😼is shoulders.

“The engineers were coming to me very concerned about it, and at the end of 🉐the day, I think it was the logical thing to do.”

Red Bull eye improvements with Tsunoda

One k🌊ey factor in bringing Tsunoda into the team is his experience.

Tsunoda has over four years o�🀅�f F1 experience under his belt - 89 starts with Red Bull’s junior team.

While Verstappen is second in the drivers’ championship, just eight points off 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, Red Bull had the fourth-fastest car in China.

Horner thinks Red Bu꧟ll will benefit from Tsunoda’s fe༺edback as they look to improve the car.

“We’ve got work to do with the car,” Horner added. “🍒We need to improve the car. We need to draw on the exper🤪ience that Yuki has.

“And in the meantime, you ꦚneed to go and rebuild yourself in the Racing Bulls, in an environment ⭕that you know and is perhaps slightly less pressured than Red Bull Racing.”

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