Liam Lawson opens up on ‘pure relief’ of securing RB drive and reveals when he was told

“Now it lastly does form of really feel actual,” the 22-year-old commented. “Clearly I knew about it for the final form of… the final, in all probability, two weeks. However till it’s on the market to the world, it clearly doesn’t ever actually really feel set in stone, and I couldn’t inform anyone.”

Pushed on what occurred within the background, Lawson continued: “It had been the plan for a very long time now. This was form of the place it was main, at the least.

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“I had a contract date that wanted to be form of fulfilled. Mainly, it was going in the direction of this manner after which, a few weeks in the past, they informed me this was what was going to occur. Not lengthy after that, it was principally set in stone.”

Lawson joked that he has “probably not” celebrated the information of his promotion but, with reduction being the overriding feeling amongst relations and mates, in addition to an consciousness of the problem that lies forward.

“Clearly I’m very blissful, nevertheless it’s six rounds left within the season, so I’m coming in at a troublesome time,” he stated. “It’s going to be a really difficult level. All these [drivers] have finished three quarters of a season now, so I’ve to attempt to compete with that – at tracks that I haven’t finished [driven at] as properly.