Racing Bulls had a complicated qualifying session at the Miami GP of Formula 1. Liam Lawson saw some progress from the team, but Arvid Lindblad lamented the difficulties faced.
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The New Zealander managed to advance to Q2 in Florida last Saturday (2). In the end, he set a lap time of 1min29s499 and will start from the sixth row in 12th position on the grid. “After a tough Sprint, we gave it our all in today’s qualifying,” he said.
“We made some small improvements to the car since yesterday and had a decent race pace, but the gap to the top 10 seems large this weekend. This is definitely a development race, with teams bringing some interesting updates, so we can learn a lot for the future. We feel we maximized everything we had, so we will strive to do the same tomorrow,” he added.
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Meanwhile, the 2026 rookie couldn’t do much in the session. Unable to get past the first phase of qualifying, the Briton will start from the back of the pack in 17th.
“It has been a tough weekend so far. The last qualifying lap was quite chaotic, with everyone very close to each other, which compromised our tire and battery preparation and was quite detrimental. We made some changes, but I didn’t have the best feel in the car, so we couldn’t maximize the result. Liam was much further ahead, so the potential definitely exists. Tomorrow will be a challenge, but we will keep pushing and aim to advance,” he said.
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