Liam Lawson was initially “unhappy” when he returned to the Racing Bulls F1 crew following his brutal axing from Purple Bull.
That was the remark made by Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer when Lawson arrived again on the crew’s Faenza manufacturing unit following his disastrous two-race stint with the principle Purple Bull crew.
Lawson returned to Racing Bulls after two torrid weekends as Max Verstappen’s Purple Bull teammate, with Yuki Tsunoda promoted within the different route in a ruthless driver swap forward of Japanese Grand Prix.
Racing Bulls boss Bayer famous how the 23-year-old Kiwi was evidently harm by the expertise.
“Welcoming Liam again to the crew has been a pleasing expertise finally as a result of we all know him effectively,” Bayer stated on Friday on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“He’s in an excellent house. He’s joyful, he’s motivated. He’s trying ahead to going racing and he additionally confirmed some tempo final week in Bahrain. We’re assured we’ll have an excellent racing marketing campaign from right here.”
Requested if Lawson had misplaced confidence following his return to Racing Bulls, Bayer replied: “Confidence, no? It took a second for him to digest.
“The primary time I noticed him when he got here to Italy, he appeared a bit unhappy.
“Truthfully that was how I perceived him when he got here in. He was a bit puzzled with the whole lot that occurred in a short time.
“But additionally on the similar time he knew the folks, he knew all of the instruments, all of the set-up and I actually felt that in a short time he was returning to the previous Liam.
“He’s a fantastic racer. He’s anyone who has nice humour and that’s what we see now once more.”
Liam Lawson denies confidence collapse
Talking forward of the weekend in Jeddah, Lawson insisted his confidence had not been negatively impacted by his brutal axing.
“Truthfully, confidence-wise, nothing actually modified from the beginning of the yr,” he stated.
“I did not spend wherever close to sufficient time [in the Red Bull] for me to mirror on these two races and go, ‘Oh my god, I’ve actually struggled on this automobile, I’ve misplaced my capacity’.
“It wasn’t actually like that. I did two races that have been two very messy weekends from lots of components, however I believe confidence-wise that did not actually change.
“It is simply been about getting used to a brand new automobile once more, and the crew, and making an attempt to do all that as rapidly as attainable. I believe that is actually been the place the main target is at. Confidence-wise I really feel, truthfully, as I all the time have.”
