Red Bull's LiamLawson admits Tomoki Nojiri's crash was weighing on his mind in the final part of Sunday's Suzuka SFormula race as he slipped from second to fourth:
Lawson finished fourth in Sunday's third round of the season as the top Honda-powered driver behind Toyota trio Ritomo Miyata, Sho Tsuboi and Ryo Hirakawa, continuing his strong start to his rookie campaign.
Once the race resumed, Lawson quickly fell prey to Miyata - who would go on to pass Tsuboi for the win - and was passed by Hirakawa at Turn 1 at the start of the penultimate lap. "I needed the race to be longer to have that late-stint tyre advantage and for the race to come back to me again."Asked whether knowing Nojiri was out of the race meant he took a more cautious approach after the final safety car restart, Lawson replied:"Definitely.
"Maybe I should have defended better, but for the sake of one position… fourth is still a good result considering the challenges thrown at us."
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