Liam Lawson near-miss on points again
- Dave Worsley
- 19 minutes ago
- 2 min read
New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has missed the top-10 and points, but still matched his best result of the 2025 Formula 1 season so far,
Lawson qualified 12th on the gridfor the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and finished 12th, two places outside the championship points.
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Lawson crossed the finish-line 11th, but was relegated a spot with a 10-second penalty for also leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
He ended up two places behind Racing Bulls teammate Isack Hadjar, but he had the satisfaction of beating Japanese Yuki Tsunoda, who replaced Lawson in the Red Bull car last month.
"I didn't have a great start and then just wrong place on the first lap, when everything happened and I went off track," said Lawson. "It's a shame, as I think the car was pretty quick.
The 23-year-old kiwi was frustrated no getting points.
"We just spent the whole race in traffic again, no matter what we did, so it's a shame.
"This weekend's been the most comfortable I've been in the car - just want some points. I think we're doing all the right things, it just needs to come together."
Australian Oscar Piastri won the race and leads the world championship for the first time in his career.
Defending champion and polesitter Max Verstappen finished second, while Charles Leclerc's Ferrari completed the podium for this fifth round of the season, under the floodlights at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Piastri's third win this year was in large part decided at the first turn, when Verstappen went off the track and picked up a five-second penalty for gaining an advantage.