Liam Lawson was initially “unhappy” when he returned to the Racing Bulls F1 crew following his brutal axing from Crimson Bull.
That was the commentary made by Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer when Lawson arrived again on the crew’s Faenza manufacturing facility following his disastrous two-race stint with the primary Crimson Bull crew.
Lawson returned to Racing Bulls after two torrid weekends as Max Verstappen’s Crimson Bull teammate, with Yuki Tsunoda promoted within the different route in a ruthless driver swap forward of Japanese Grand Prix.
Racing Bulls boss Bayer famous how the 23-year-old Kiwi was evidently harm by the expertise.
“Welcoming Liam again to the crew has been a pleasing expertise finally as a result of we all know him nicely,” Bayer stated on Friday on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“He’s in a superb area. He’s completely satisfied, he’s motivated. He’s trying ahead to going racing and he additionally confirmed some tempo final week in Bahrain. We’re assured we’ll have a superb racing marketing campaign from right here.”
Requested if Lawson had misplaced confidence following his return to Racing Bulls, Bayer replied: “Confidence, no? It took a second for him to digest.
“The primary time I noticed him when he got here to Italy, he seemed a bit unhappy.
“Actually that was how I perceived him when he got here in. He was a bit puzzled with all the things that occurred in a short time.
“But in addition on the similar time he knew the folks, he knew all of the instruments, all of the set-up and I actually felt that in a short time he was returning to the outdated Liam.
“He’s an excellent racer. He’s anyone who has nice humour and that’s what we see now once more.”
Liam Lawson denies confidence collapse
Talking forward of the weekend in Jeddah, Lawson insisted his confidence had not been negatively impacted by his brutal axing.
“Actually, confidence-wise, nothing actually modified from the beginning of the yr,” he stated.
“I did not spend anyplace close to sufficient time [in the Red Bull] for me to replicate on these two races and go, ‘Oh my god, I’ve actually struggled on this automotive, I’ve misplaced my skill’.
“It wasn’t actually like that. I did two races that have been two very messy weekends from numerous elements, however I believe confidence-wise that did not actually change.
“It is simply been about getting used to a brand new automotive once more, and the crew, and making an attempt to do all that as shortly as doable. I believe that is actually been the place the main focus is at. Confidence-wise I really feel, actually, as I all the time have.”
