Liam Lawson has praised Daniel Ricciardo for a way he dealt with the RB driver swap when discussing the state of affairs on the Singapore Grand Prix.
Whereas it wasn’t introduced in the course of the Singapore weekend, rumblings from Crimson Bull have been clear that Liam Lawson would exchange Ricciardo from the subsequent race.
This meant that the Australian didn’t have an official ship off.
In quite a lot of post-race interviews, Ricciardo was visibly emotional when speaking to the media.
Lawson will race for RB alongside Yuki Tsunoda for the ultimate six races of the yr as he appears to be like to impress Crimson Bull to probably get a possibility on the senior crew in 2025.
In an interview with Method 1, Lawson recalled a dialog with Ricciardo in the course of the Singapore weekend.
“Fortunately he’s an important man,” Lawson mentioned. “He knew it was nothing to do with me. And that’s most likely the factor with Daniel for the entire time we’ve been on this state of affairs.
“Even for the final 12 months, it’s by no means felt like we have been in direct competitors as a lot as all of us are within the sport in a roundabout way.
“With Daniel, it by no means actually felt like that, he was all the time good to me, he was all the time open to giving recommendation after I was driving. He was good to me all year long, in any method he may very well be.
“So, it by no means felt like we have been in direct competitors for a seat. We have been additionally at very totally different level in our profession, in order that’s one thing that most likely helped that.”
Lawson additionally revealed a key level of the dialog and what Ricciardo mentioned.
Lawson added: “I went and noticed him and mentioned clearly sorry about this complete state of affairs because it’s not good, and sorry you needed to undergo it.
“However he mentioned there’s clearly nothing towards me, and he mentioned ‘you get one shot at F1, be sure you take it’ – and he mentioned ‘good luck’.”
Ricciardo is unlikely to return to F1 after leaving RB.
The eight-time grand prix winner has no choices for subsequent yr and has been clear in eager to solely be in F1 to race on the entrance.
