Lawson: The race in Las Vegas in 2024 was the toughest.

      In São Paulo the Racing Bulls drivers performed fairly confidently, both scored points, and Liam Lawson finished seventh there, one position ahead of his teammate. At the same time, the New Zealand driver realistically assesses the team's prospects for the upcoming round in Las Vegas.

      Liam Lawson: "The track in Las Vegas is very different from the Brazilian one — it's completely different, and we're in for a very tough race. A year ago on this track we also had a hard time, but we spent a lot of time analyzing the information gathered here last year, and I tried to draw some lessons, because the Las Vegas race was probably the hardest for me that season.

      But lately we've been able to show good pace at most tracks, even at those where we didn't perform well in 2024. Hopefully we can repeat that this coming weekend.

      The result we achieved in Brazil is very important, since the race was also quite tough, and there we didn't act as we had planned before the start, but our approach worked. It's always nice when you try something and it pays off, so I'm very happy for our team. We'll try to build on that in Las Vegas and in the two remaining races.

      Of course, it would be great to get on the podium, but for that a lot would have to happen on track, and setting that as a target is hardly realistic. Right now we're trying to hold on to sixth place in the Constructors' Championship, and for that we just need to score as many points as possible each weekend."