I'm surprised by the amount of bad comments on Lawson. I wonder if it isn't partly due to the love-fest for Yuki, that I never got. Apart from putting in solid and reliable finishes in the first half of this year (well done Yuki!) his approach to racing has never gelled with me. Even as late as this last year with all the radio outrage, and trying to intimidate Daniel after a race that went against him - WTF??? He's a year 4 driver for goodness sake! All the stuff that Liam did that has any relevance to his being a poor choice for F1 is the middle finger incident, for which he was quick to apologise. The hard racing against Fernando and against Checo is what we should want to see. As Liam himself said "I'm not here to make enemies and I'm not here to make friends". Both veterans made themselves look rather weak in my opinion.
Still a bit of a mystery that Yuki is so far off today, tomorrow's another day. Hilarious conversation on Red Flags Podcast with Liam about their (Yuki and Liam) time as teammates going back a few years, and their crash at Macau - 0.38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7CHMCgmY3E