Liam Lawson says Daniel Ricciardo helped put together him for his alternatives in Method 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 likelihood after quickly changing the injured Australian a yr 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 informed RACER. “I do know the type 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 state of affairs as nicely. With Daniel, all through the entire yr, or yr and a half, that it’s been like this, he’s by no means made it really feel like competitors.
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“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 numerous issues he may haven’t carried out, and stated no to, that he hasn’t.
“He’s helped me, truthfully, quite a bit over the past 12 months. And he was excellent about the entire state of affairs 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 concentrate on, 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 all the things else.
“So I feel it’ll develop into 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 all the things that’s been posted, then it might in all probability really feel a bit completely different. However I’ve been making an attempt to keep away from doing that.”
