Liam Lawson says Daniel Ricciardo helped put together him for his alternatives in Method 1 and by no means made it really feel like they had been in competitors for a race seat at RB.
Ricciardo was dropped in favor of Lawson for the remainder of the season following the final race in Singapore; the previous reserve driver getting one other likelihood after briefly changing the injured Australian a 12 months in the past. Lawson stated he has been helped by Ricciardo all through their time throughout the Purple Bull set-up, and that he was conscious the Australian’s reputation was going to result in a blended response to his personal return.
“I knew that was going to [happen], clearly,” Lawson advised RACER. “I do know the form of public determine that Daniel is, and truthfully, it’s as a result of he’s only a nice man. And he was about the entire scenario as effectively. With Daniel, all through the entire 12 months, or 12 months and a half, that it’s been like this, he’s by no means made it really feel like competitors.
“It by no means felt like we’ve been in competitors for a similar factor, though I assume we’ve got been. It by no means felt like that. So there’s lots of issues he might haven’t accomplished, and stated no to, that he hasn’t.
“He’s helped me, truthfully, rather a lot during the last 12 months. And he was excellent about the entire scenario in Singapore, and I assume we each knew the way it was going to be when when all of it got here, and within the media. And that’s truthfully why I simply hadn’t actually been on my telephone an excessive amount of.
“It’s not one thing that fazes me an excessive amount of. I’ve obtained rather a lot to give attention to, clearly going into the final six races, and that’s truthfully the place my head’s been at. I don’t actually have the capability to do all the pieces else.
“So I believe it’ll turn into much more actual going into subsequent week, going into Austin, as a result of to this point … if I spent the day on my telephone and I actively checked out all the pieces that’s been posted, then it might most likely really feel a bit completely different. However I’ve been making an attempt to keep away from doing that.”