Lawson relishes 'taking revenge' on Verstappen? 'It's not a bad feeling!'

It was a sight to behold. As Max Verstappen's last push lap in Q3 had to be aborted due to a yellow flag triggered by Pierre Gasly's main straight spin, the qualifying classification revealed the Dutchman placed behind his former teammate.

A savoury revenge for the young New Zealander whose tenure at Red Bull came to an end after only two Grand Prix? He replied to GPblog's question at the Red Bull Ring: "It's not revenge, no. I haven't really raced him at all."

According to Lawson, both drivers are currently in different leagues due to one of them being in a championship winning team and the other one in a midfield outfit.

"It's a good position obviously. We maximised today but I obviously don't expect to be racing him tomorrow and some of the guys around us," clarified Lawson.

For the New Zealander,the challenge will come from behind. "But some of the guys behind for sure we're going to be trying to keep that [position]."

After his rather premature departure from Red Bull Racing, Lawson had to adjust to a new car, Racing Bulls' VCARB02. After 8 rounds the team have finally succeeded in their effforts to make the New Zealander feel at home, and the result today shows it.