05/09/2025 21:45
Liam Lawson has conceded Racing Bulls endured a "tough" day at
Monza as he called on the team to make improvements overnight. The
New Zealander ended the second practice session in 17th place as he
struggled for pace around the high-speed Italian track. Team-mate
Isack Hadjar, fresh from his maiden podium last weekend at
Zandvoort, narrowly missed out on finishing inside the top 10 at
the end of FP2. Lawson was lacking half a second to his team-mate
as he outlined his hope for improved performance on Saturday. "It
was tough on our side," Lawson said. "It's very small margins here,
so we're trying to extract everything out of the car. "We missed a
little bit [on Friday]. Better we do it today, learn from it and
try put ourselves in the best position for Saturday. But there's
work to do. Expanding on where he is struggling for pace, Lawson
explained: "Just balance, trying to change things from FP1 to FP2.
"You expect it to go in a certain way and it goes the other way.
Trying to get on top of things and optimise the car for
qualifying." When asked if the car has the potential to fight for
Q3, Lawson replied: "I hope so. But at this stage, we definitely
have some work to do to get to that."
