Liam Lawson says his chances 🍎of progressing into the second part of Bahrain Grand Prix qu𝐆alifying were “completely screwed” by a DRS issue.

Lawson had set🗹 a strong banker lap in Q1 but was unable to go any faster after the DRS on his VCARB 02 closed halfway down the back straight, sev🦋erely compromising his straightline performance.

The problem left him a distant 17th on the grid, while his teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Isack Hadjar showed the potential of168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Racing Bulls in Bahrain by qualifying 12th.

Having set the 12th-quickest time himself in similar conditions in FP2, Lawson was frustrated to be knocked out of Q1 for the third time in four race weeken🙈ds th💝is season.

"I don't know why it closed, obviously if it was something I did,” he s𒅌aid.

“I'll learn from it, definitely because that's completely screwed us today. But as to why it did, I don't know. It's such a sha𓂃me."

Speaking to Formula1.com, he add♈ed: “Q1 was alright uptil that point. I don't know what really happened.

“I 𒀰know I had wheelspin out of the corner🍃 and opened the DRS, and it closed again basically. Pretty frustrating obviously. Just sucks.”

The DRS is designed to shut automatica♛lly whenever a driver lifts off the throttle or hits the brake pedal. It can also be manually closed with a button on the steering wheel.

Racing Bull’s technical director Tim Goss explained w🌳hy Lawson’s DRS didn’t remain active until the end of the straight.

"In the tricky conditions Liam picked up a little wheelspin on exit from Turn 10, resulting in a small throttle l✤ift to keep the car under control causing DRS to automatically close, which caused him to lose vital speed on the straight,” he said.

Despite his poor star💟ting position, Lawson is optimistic about his chances on Sunday, having felt his car has been competitive in practice in the build-up to qualifying.

“🎶It's been quite quick,” he said. “It’s been quick this weekend in most of the practice sessions, I would s🍨ay.

“For us it was just putt🅘ing it together in quali and tuning it.

“I think we had the car in a pretty good window and the speed was there, it’s just a shame for th🌊e i♓ssue. 

“For tomorrow, it's obviously positive, with the speed we have we should move forward, it's just how 𒁏far 🎐we could move forward.”