Liam Lawson looks to the British Grand Prix with points on his mind

It is a rare thing to see a driver keep his chin up when the clock tells a different story. After a difficult qualifying session for the British Grand Prix, Liam Lawson has been candid about the struggles he faced behind the wheel of his Racing Bull. He admitted that the car actually lost pace with every single session of qualifying. That is a brutal trend to fight when you are trying to find the limit, and it certainly makes the engineers’ jobs a lot harder.

Yet, despite the sliding performance, Lawson is not throwing in the towel. He will be lining up in P10 for the race, and he is holding onto a genuine sense of optimism. He believes that even if the one-lap pace was not there today, his Racing Bull is going to be a much more capable machine when the lights go out for the race.

Here is the thing: the race is a different beast entirely. Lawson is banking on the car coming alive during the long stints, aiming for a proper fight for points when it actually counts. It takes a certain kind of stubborn confidence to look at a Saturday dip and still expect a Sunday surge, but that is exactly where he stands. We will see if he is right once the action gets underway at the British Grand Prix.