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Horner defends Lawson after he was “too sluggish” in Melbourne F1 follow
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Horner defends Lawson after he was “too sluggish” in Melbourne F1 follow

By Miles Cooper March 14, 2025
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Liam Lawson’s maiden grand prix weekend with Purple Bull bought off to a shaky begin as he closed out Friday’s second follow session seventeenth quickest of the 19 drivers who took half – and over half a second slower than team-mate Max Verstappen on the identical comfortable tyre compound.

“Comfy, simply too sluggish,” stated Lawson to Sky Sports activities F1. “We clearly have numerous work to do in a single day.”

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In an FP1 session interrupted by Oliver Bearman crashing his Haas, Lawson was sixteenth quickest whereas Verstappen was fifth, over seven tenths of a second sooner. Each Purple Bull drivers struggled with an absence of grip reasonably than steadiness because the RB21, regardless of a considerable improve together with a brand new ground, couldn’t ‘change on’ all 4 tyres, significantly within the first and closing sectors.

Purple Bull workforce principal Christian Horner was fast to level out that Lawson lacks particular observe expertise, since his time in F2 pre-dated that championship’s arrival on the Australian GP assist programme in 2023. In distinction, Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar – who raced right here in F2 in ’23 and ’24 – was sixth quickest in FP2 and simply two tenths off team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.

“Liam, it’s a giant step up,” Horner informed Sky Sports activities F1. “Being Max’s team-mate might be the hardest job in System 1. However he’s bought the psychological aptitude and energy of character to cope with that.

Horner defends Lawson after he was “too sluggish” in Melbourne F1 follow

Liam Lawson, Purple Bull Racing

Photograph by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Photos

“He’s not been right here earlier than, I feel he’s the one driver on the grid that hasn’t completed some laps round this circuit. However he’s discovering his toes and giving some excellent suggestions, he’s settling in properly. We’ll see over the subsequent few races.”

Maybe of most concern to Lawson and Purple Bull is that the explanations for his efficiency deficit aren’t instantly apparent – plus the hole would most likely have been bigger if Verstappen had managed to get a transparent lap throughout his qualifying simulations.

“I feel if we knew that we’d know the way to repair it as nicely,” stated Lawson.

“The steadiness wasn’t fully out,” added Verstappen. “No huge or main issues, simply by some means the grip wasn’t coming alive.

“Meaning we’re not likely up there in the mean time.”

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Stuart Codling

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Liam Lawson

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