Former Components 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Crimson Bull ought to retain Liam Lawson for subsequent week’s inaugural Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, warning the staff towards prematurely speeding Isack Hadjar again into the cockpit.
Lawson was referred to as up on the final minute for the Dutch Grand Prix to switch Hadjar, who sustained a wrist harm through the summer season break. Consequently, reserve driver Yuki Tsunoda stepped into Lawson’s Racing Bulls seat alongside Arvid Lindblad.
With little preparation and just one observe session, the New Zealander impressed by intently matching Crimson Bull team-mate Max Verstappen in qualifying. He went on to attain six factors with a seventh-place end.
With Lawson persevering with to deputise at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Montoya argued on F1 TV’s Weekend Heat-Up that Crimson Bull can be smart to increase his stint for the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix.
“Yuki confirmed the tempo he had within the race, passing folks, the aggression. I believe all the pieces that you just needed to see out of a driver. If you happen to’re on the lookout for drivers in F1, he delivered. He did the job. He did not make errors. He did not put a wheel fallacious, and it was actually good to see,” the previous driver defined.
Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls
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“With Liam, if I had been Crimson Bull, particularly going into Madrid subsequent week, I might go, ‘Hey, let’s be sensible. We’ll get a pair extra weeks of restoration, and we’ll put together Liam correctly for Madrid as a result of it is a new observe for everyone.'”
Lawson at the moment sits ninth within the drivers’ standings with 49 factors. Hadjar is eighth with 68 factors and Verstappen sits sixth with 112 factors. By comparability, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli leads the championship with 242 factors.
The Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid will happen from 11-13 September and would be the first time the grid arrives on the new Madring circuit.
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