Within the round-up: Liam Lawson stated he skirted catastrophe on his option to his second ninth-place end in three grands prix.
In short
Lawson survived many near-misses
The RB driver stated he “almost crashed most likely 10 instances” throughout the rain-hit Brazilian Grand Prix. “It was very sketchy,” he informed the official F1 channel.
“Even coming into the pit lane, we made the decision to cease and I got here into the pit lane and I wasn’t stopping and I used to be aiming straight for the tyre wall, the barrier on the pit entrance. And it simply gripped earlier than then.”
Lawson, who was knocked right into a spin by Oscar Piastri at one stage, stated he spent a lot of the race beneath assault from behind.
“We have been robust firstly of the stint, after the purple flag, however everybody was in a prepare and we couldn’t actually use it, after which it type of light away for us,” he stated. “So partly due to the stress from behind we spent loads of time defending, nevertheless it was loads of focus.”
Shwartzman to make IndyCar debut
Robert Shwartzman will transfer into IndyCar racing subsequent yr with new workforce Prema. He’ll accomplice one other of the workforce’s former Method 2 drivers, Callum Ilott.
Final month Shwartzman made his newest look in a Method 1 automotive, driving for Sauber within the first follow session on the Mexican Grand Prix. He was given a five-place grid penalty for a yellow flag infringement.
“I’m positively very, very excited to be again at Prema to start out a brand new journey in IndyCar,” he stated. “All the things might be new to us and there might be many challenges, however it should even be loads of enjoyable and loads of work on the identical time.
“I believe a really profitable future lies forward for us. IndyCar is a really aggressive collection, with so many robust drivers, and I’m trying ahead to the racing, because it appears actually cool. I’ve by no means pushed on ovals and to grasp them, will probably be a totally new problem.”
Blinkski will get closing Rodin seat
Rodin has accomplished its driver line-up for the 2025 season by naming Roman Bilinski as workforce mate to Louis Sharp and Callum Voisin. Bilinski gained the Method Regional Oceania championship this yr and completed 14th within the European collection.
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