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Lawson after another Q1 exit: "Unfortunately I don't have time"
Liam Lawson was disappointed with another poor result in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. For the third time in a row, he was knocked out in either Q1 or SQ1, and he set the slowest lap time as well, similarly to Friday.
Lawson reacts to disappointing qualifying in China
Lawson acknowledged that he is not on terms with the RB21. "It's just really tough, honestly," he began to Sky Sports disappointed after the session. "I think the window is really small. I mean, that's known, but honestly, it's not an excuse. Like, I've got to get a handle of it."
He then explained what went wrong on his final run, however, he does not want to hide behind that. "It was a messy session and had we not dealt with traffic and stuff like that, it might have been okay, but to be honest, it's still not good enough. To be having those issues, and that's the reason that we get knocked out… We should be fast enough on our first lap," he continued.
Lawson explains that he mainly would need one thing, something that is not necessarily a given at a frontrunner team with great ambitions. "I think it's just time. Unfortunately I don't really have time, but it's just one of those things that, for me to drive a Formula 1 car, it takes 100% confidence in what you're doing, and it's not that I don't feel confident, but the window is so small that right now I just seem to miss it."
He then concluded: "It's just not good enough."
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This article was written in collaboration with Nicole Mulder