“FP2 was more tricky for us, weirdly, because FP1 track conditions were an absolute disaster,” Lawson conceded. “I don’t think I’ve ever driven such a difficult session, to be honest.
“[In] FP2, balance went away from us a little bit, but in general I think the car’s in a pretty good place – it’s just fine tuning. Obviously tomorrow we have a session in the day which is not going to help us for Quali, so we’ll be looking into this session and taking what we can for Quali tomorrow.”
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The Bahrain International Circuit is a familiar track for most of the field – given that the venue hosted pre-season testing this year – and Lawson admitted that this is likely to make the margins even finer across the field.
“I made a pretty big mistake in FP2 and it absolutely dropped me down, so for all of us we have to absolutely nail the lap because otherwise it’s very, very costly here,” the 23-year-old said.
“With everybody being [at] testing, I think everybody has a pretty good car, and it’s cool because right now Formula 1 is a bit like that – the difference between a really good lap and a bad lap can completely change your position, so it puts pressure on us.”
