'I don’t even know what I did. I was just pushing buttons, pulling clutch levers!' 😅 Red Bull junior LiamLawson30 reveals a late scare that almost denied him a debut SFormula victory:
Lawson stunned the Japanese series' establishment by becoming the first driver in the modern era of Super Formula to win first time out, after pulling off an undercut strategy to pass Mugen team-mate and two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri.
“I had a false neutral, I was in gear but with no drive, so I nearly stopped,” Lawson told Motorsport.com post-race. “It was really stressful! “The car just came to me, it felt really good,” reflected Lawson. “The balance was very even, I could keep pushing and didn’t have too much of an issue.
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