Liam Lawson says Daniel Ricciardo helped put together him for his alternatives in System 1 and by no means made it really feel like they had been in competitors for a race seat at RB.
Ricciardo was dropped in favor of Lawson for the remainder of the season following the final race in Singapore; the previous reserve driver getting one other probability after briefly changing the injured Australian a 12 months in the past. Lawson stated he has been helped by Ricciardo all through their time throughout the Crimson Bull set-up, and that he was conscious the Australian’s recognition was going to result in a combined response to his personal return.
“I knew that was going to [happen], clearly,” Lawson advised RACER. “I do know the kind of public determine that Daniel is, and truthfully, it’s as a result of he’s only a nice man. And he was about the entire scenario as nicely. With Daniel, all through the entire 12 months, or 12 months and a half, that it’s been like this, he’s by no means made it really feel like competitors.
“It by no means felt like we’ve been in competitors for a similar factor, though I suppose we’ve got been. It by no means felt like that. So there’s plenty of issues he might haven’t performed, and stated no to, that he hasn’t.
“He’s helped me, truthfully, quite a bit during the last 12 months. And he was superb about the entire scenario in Singapore, and I suppose we each knew the way it was going to be when when all of it got here, and within the media. And that’s truthfully why I simply hadn’t actually been on my cellphone an excessive amount of.
“It’s not one thing that fazes me an excessive amount of. I’ve received quite a bit to deal with, clearly going into the final six races, and that’s truthfully the place my head’s been at. I don’t actually have the capability to do the whole lot else.
“So I believe it’ll grow to be much more actual going into subsequent week, going into Austin, as a result of up to now … if I spent the day on my cellphone and I actively checked out the whole lot that’s been posted, then it might most likely really feel a bit totally different. However I’ve been attempting to keep away from doing that.”
