Two completely different stories in the house Racing Bulls in the first GP of the 2026 season in Melbourne, where the young rookie Arvid Lindblad surprised most of all. Eighth at the finish line at the end of a race in which he showed all his determination, going so far as to defend himself on several occasions from the attacks of a four-time world champion like Max Verstappen (with the Dutchman not at all appreciating a brake test which took place at the entrance to the pit lane), the Briton scored his first points.
One step away from disaster
The next Grand Prix in China will instead be the first opportunity for Liam Lawson to forget what happened in Australia. At the start the New Zealander effectively remained stationary on the grid, with the incredible reflex of Colapinto who dodged the car at the last moment, thus avoiding a dangerous collision at the start: “Honestly I have no idea what happened when we left – Lawson commented to the media – the lights went out very quickly, but I thought I got the reaction and procedure right, but I don’t know. We need to see it again, but the car didn’t move, it lost all power, and I couldn’t get the power up for another five seconds. I just stood there, standing still, so it’s quite frustrating.”
Not just the departure
13th under the checkered flag, Lawson complained about other problems encountered during the GP: “I think the pace of the car was good, but every time I found myself behind a car our energy management didn’t work properly and I kept losing power – he continued – obviously it was a big learning curve for all of us today with these cars, but we thought about some issues during the race.”
