Liam Lawson says his chances of𝔉 progressing into the second part of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying were “completely screwed” by a DRS issue.

Lawson had set a strong banker lap in Q1 but was una🌱ble to💖 go any faster after the DRS on his VCARB 02 closed halfway down the back straight, severely compromising his straightline performance.

The problem left him a distant 17th on the grid, while his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Isack Hadjar showed the potential of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Racing Bulls in Bahrain by qualifying 12th.

Having set the 12th-quickest time himself in similar conditions in FP2, Lawson was frustrated to be kn🌞ocked out of Q1 for the third time in four race weekends this season.

"I don't know why it close♏d, obviousl🉐y if it was something I did,” he said.

“I'll learn from it, definitely because that's💦 completely screwed us today. But as to why it did, I don't know. It's such a shame."

Speaking to Formula1.com, he added: “Q1 was alright uptil that point. I don'꧒t know what really happened.

“I know I had wheelspin 𝕴out of the corner and opened the DRS, and it closed again basically. Pretty frustrating obviously. Just sucks.”

The DRS is designed to shut automatically whenever a 🅠driver lifts off the throttle or hits the brake pedal. It can also be manually closed with a button on the steering wheel.

Racing Bull’s technical director Tim Goss explained why Lawson꧋’s DRS didn’t r🍰emain active until the end of the straight.

"In the tricky conditions Liam picked u🐠p a little wheelspin on exit from Turn 10, resulting in a small throttle lift to keep the car under control causing DRS to automatically close, which caused him to lose vita🌳l speed on the straight,” he said.

Despite his poor starting position, Lawsoꦺn is optimistic about his chances on Sunday, having felt his car has been competitive in practice in the build-up to qualifying.

“It's been quite quick,” he sai🥃d. “It’s been quick this weekend in moওst of the practice sessions, I would say.

“For us it wa🦂s just putting it togethe💖r in quali and tuning it.

“I think we had the car in a pretty good window and the speed was there, it’s just a shame for𓃲ℱ the issue. 

“For tomorrow, it's obviously pꦯositive, with the𓂃 speed we have we should move forward, it's just how far we could move forward.”