Liam Lawson reveals F1 weakness in 'better job' pursuit

Liam Lawson has revealed that qualifying is his current F1 weakness, and the area he wants to improve in the remainder of the season to do an overall "better job". 

The New Zealander has scored points in four of the past seven races, with Q3 having been reached on each of those occasions where a top 10 finish was claimed. 

When the Racing Bulls driver has not made the final part of qualifying, he has failed to recover the positions in the race to secure the Faenza-based outfit points. 

Overall, 20 points have been scored by Lawson, compared to Isack Hadjar's 22, whilst the French-Algerian has also made four more Q3 appearances in his rookie campaign. 

Progressing to the final part of qualifying has proved to be crucial this campaign, due to how close the midfield has been. 

With so little splitting the midfield outfits, making places in a grand prix has proven to be difficult as a result of the minimal pace advantage. 

It has heightened the importance of Q3, with Lawson aware that he must consistently qualify better to boost his chances of scoring points.

Asked where he would like to improve, Lawson told media: "If I was to just pick an area, overall, it's qualifying. 

"With how important it is at the moment because everybody's very close, even on tracks that are maybe easier to overtake, it's still difficult because you don't have a three, four, five-tenth pace advantage. 

"You have like a one or two-tenth pace advantage, and that's very hard to overtake. Qualifying is very important, it sets up your weekend. Where our weekends have fallen away, at least on my side, has been normally in an average qualifying. 

"Where our weekends have been strong, it's when we qualify well. That's the main target: just extracting everything, making sure we have the car in the best place going into qualifying, and then for me getting everything out of it and doing a better job."