Lawson at the hours of darkness over F1 future

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Lawson at the hours of darkness over F1 future

Lawson ran tenth early in yesterday’s race earlier than being handed by potential future staff mate Max Verstappen. His night fell aside when his staff did not safe his front-left wheel at a pit cease and he obtained a 10-second stop-go penalty.

Requested afterwards whether or not he would return to F1 for his first full season subsequent yr, Lawson mentioned: “I don’t know.

“I’ve given it every little thing, truthfully, in each single session that I’ve pushed the automotive,” mentioned the RB driver. “So the choice is as much as them. We’ll see.”

Gasly proud to finish season with out harm

Pierre Gasly mentioned he was happy to realize three targets within the last race of the season, one among which was finishing the season with out incurring any harm.

“We had one goal coming in Abu Dhabi, which was to safe that sixth within the constructors’ [championship],” he mentioned. “The goal was achieved.

“There was additionally the drivers’ championship with Nico [Hulkenberg], we had been inside two factors coming into the final race, so we knew whoever would beat the opposite will get that tenth spot within the championship, which I managed to get ultimately.

“And we saved our nostril clear the complete season for no harm. So it was the three targets accomplished.”

Haas dejected after sturdy first lap

Haas staff principal Ayao Komatsu admitted he was upset by the staff’s droop in fortunes throughout the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“On the finish of lap 1 it was wanting nice as a result of Nico was in P5 and Kevin [Magnussen] had one other wonderful first lap from P14 to P7. Then sadly on Kevin’s first cease it was sluggish and that’s unlucky as our pit crew has been wonderful this yr, however on this important second it meant Kevin got here out in site visitors, so that basically compromised his race.

“As Kevin was caught in site visitors, we pitted him once more and on his out-lap Bottas locked up and broken Kevin’s automotive. He was very unfortunate, I needed Kevin to log off properly, as he’s finished a lot and he’s part of the household, however we couldn’t end with a points-scoring place with him.

“On Nico’s facet he drove rather well, however being in site visitors on a regular basis is basically tough. The execution of his one cease race was superb, and in regular circumstances coming dwelling in P8 and scoring one other 4 factors could be a factor to have fun, so I believe we did the most effective job we may with Nico.”

The end result meant Haas completed seventh within the constructors’ championship, one place behind rivals Alpine.

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Gabriel Bortoleto: ‘We have now been by way of a variety of issues because the starting, the place we struggled rather a lot in Jeddah and Australia, the place I had a really large crash. The staff by no means gave up, I by no means gave up as properly, and from that second on, I believe we deserved each single level we achieved on this championship. We had luck, however we additionally created our personal luck, with our tempo, with our work, the additional hours we did within the sim, all the additional hours we had, the late nights engaged on the simulations for brand new issues to convey the automotive in the proper window for the brand new tracks that had been developing for me and for the staff as properly. ‘

Jones to mark particular Adelaide anniversary (Auto Motion)

‘Forty years on from the primary Adelaide Components 1 grand prix, (Alan) Jones will drive the identical F1 automotive on the identical streets.’

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