Liam Lawson details 'really weird' experience as point-less F1 run ends

Liam Lawson has explained the "really weird" feeling he experienced during a Monaco Grand Prix where he finally scored points in 2025. After qualifying in ninth, Lawson was used as a blocker by Racing Bulls to allow team-mate Isack Hadjar to complete his two required pit-stops, holding up the field in a move Alex Albon described as "peloton racing." The Kiwi eventually finished in eighth place for his first F1 points of the season, his first top 10 result since a ninth-place in the rain of the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Reflecting on the race, Lawson explained how the directive to drive slowly to allow Hadjar to fulfill the requirements was weird. "It is not often you have a plan where you have the opportunity to completely control the race, and it works out perfectly," Lawson told Sky Sports F1.  "There were obviously doubts because when you are dropping pace like that, you're under threat from the guys behind, but both cars were in the points. "It was really weird, and I've never experienced anything like that," he continued when asked about having to drive slowly on purpose. "Your brain starts going off and on in random places, trying to keep the concentration, but it was a positive weekend.  "As a driver, you are always searching for me, and I felt like there was more this weekend, but to have points and come away after the tough start to the year, it is now about us using this going forward. "Obviously, Barcelona is going to be interesting with the wing changes, and for everybody, we are going to be trying to adapt the best we can."