Liam Lawson says his chances of progressing into thꦦe second part of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying were “completely screwed” by a DRS issue.

Lawson h𓄧ad set a strong banker lap in Q1 but was unable to go any faster after the DRS on his VCARB 02 closed halfway down the back straight, severely com𒀰promising his straightline performance.

The problem left him a distant 17th on the grid, while his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Isack Hadjar showed the potential of168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Racing Bulls in Bahrain by qualifying 12th.

Having set the 12th-quickest time ✱himself in similar conditions in FP2, Lawson was frustrated to be knocked out of Q1 for the third time in four race weekends this season.

"I don't know why it closed, obviously if it was s🌜omething I did,” he said.

“I'll learn from it, definitely because that's coജmpletely screwed us 🌸today. But as to why it did, I don't know. It's such a shame."

Speaking to Formula1.co💃m, he added: “Q1 was alright uptil that point. I don't know what really happened.

“I know I had🉐 wheelspin out of the corner and opened the DRS, and it closed again basically. Pr🥀etty frustrating obviously. Just sucks.”

The D𒆙RS is designed to shut automatically whenever a driver lifts off the throttle or hits the brake pedal. It can also be manually closed with a button on the steering wheel.

Racing Bull’s technical director Tim Go🅷ss explained why Lawson’s DRS didn’t remain active until the e♔nd of the straight.

"In the t♊ricky conditions Liam picked up a little wheelspin on exit from Turn 10, resulting in a small throttle lift to keep the car under control causing DRS to automatically close, which caused him to lose vital speed on the straight,” he said.

Despite his poor starting position, Lawson is optimistic about his chances on Sunday, having felt his car has been competitive in practice in the build-🔯up to qualifying.

“It's been quite qꦿuick,” he sai🔴d. “It’s been quick this weekend in most of the practice sessions, I would say.

“For us it♐ was just putting it togetherꦬ in quali and tuning it.

“I think we had the car in a pretty good windo🌜w and the speed was there, it’s ju💙st a shame for the issue. 

“For tomorrow, it's obviously positive, with💜 the speed we have we should move forward, it's just how far we could move forward.”