Liam Lawson has hit back at Zak Brown after the McLaren boss suggested that Yuki Tsunoda should have been in the Red Bull following his 🐼impressive qualifying display at the Australian Grand Prix.

Lawson endured a t⛎orrid opening weekend as a Red Bull driver.

Reliability issues put him on the back foot in qualifying, where he was elimina🐻ted in Q1.

A pit lane start to change his car’s setu👍p for the wet conditions didn’t pay off, as he struggled for pace and ultimately became one of the six dri♔vers to DNF.

On the other hand, 168澳洲幸运🌸5🐈官方开奖结果历史:Tsunoda impressed for Racing Bulls, qualifying fifth ahead of Alex Albon.

His starring qualifyiܫng performance caught the attention of Brown, who praised Tsunoda in an interview with Sky Sports.

for their “strange driver decisions”.

“I don’t thin🃏k I’ve spoken to him, e🧸ver and I haven’t read any social media over the last two weeks.”

Lawson needs time - Albon

Albon stressed the importance of giving Lawson time to get up to spဣeed at Red Bull.

Albon had one and a half seasons at Red Bull alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in 2019 and 2020.

After a promising start, Albon struggled considerably, failing to out-qualify Verstappen at any of the 17 rac♈es in 2020.

He was ultimately dropped for 2021, sitting 𒁃the season on the sideꦆlines.

When asked about Lawson’s first race wit🥂h the team, Albon said: “I think it’s very early to say how he’s going to do. I think for everyone out there, the conditions and the general formats of qualifying now, I think firstly, let’s start with qualifying.

“I think qualifying is now closer than ever, which is gre𒉰at for everyone, but it does mean that if you’re a little bit off, you’re going to likely be ou🥂t in Q1

“But then, at the same time, there’s nothing really to say about race conditions. I think everyone was struggling out there. Especially the rookies and the ones with a little bit less experience were on the ꧃back foot for most of Sunday. I think you’ve got to give them a bit of time to൩ get up to speed.”