Pukekohe’s Liam Lawson has finished a stunning opening round in the Formula 2 championship with a podium in the feature race in Bahrain.
The talented 19-year-old came home third having started the race from eighth in a terrific performance.
After an opening win in the first sprint race, Lawson was taken out while fourth in the second sprint race on Sunday morning NZT.
“Extremely happy to finish third today,” Lawson said. “It’s a really good haul of points, especially after yesterday’s race.
“I was really angry about how that finished because it was a lot of points that we threw away, so it was nice to bounce back today.
“We had good pace, especially early on with the options. Dan was faster, so I let him go in the end.
“I just didn’t quite have enough tyre life to fight with these two in the last couple of laps, but I was able to get back up to third. Points wise, a good weekend.”
Fellow Kiwi Marcus Armstrong finished fifth.
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