Liam Lawson says he has not viewed his strong Racing Bulls form this season as putting the “ghosts” of his brief Red Bull spell last year to bed, and is focused on his current campaign. Lawson said: "Honestly, no, not really [that this season has put the 'ghosts' of my Red Bull spell to bed]. I'm very focused on where I'm at right now, making sure I have a good season and trying to obviously have a future in Formula 1. I had a tough season. But I learned a huge amount through it, and honestly, I've come out of that as a much stronger driver and person."

Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane says Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad are free to race each other wheel-to-wheel as long as they follow one instruction: “do not touch each other”. Permane said: "I have to put my trust in them. We talk about it of course, before the race, and I say to them, 'Listen, you can race. Do not touch each other'. That's my one thing – do not touch each other. It's a nice problem to have… Honestly, when they go on track, they're driver A and driver B to me. I don't care which order they come in. Constructors' [championship] is everything for us."










Sergio Perez says he had doubts about returning to Formula 1 after a year away, but feels his performances since joining Cadillac have proved to him that he is still among the best drivers on the grid. Sergio Perez said: "To be honest, I had doubts about coming back to the sport after my year out. But when I came back, I was delivering, and I was performing at a very high level. I proved to myself that I'm still one of the best out there. So that gave me a lot of satisfaction in coming back, regardless of how competitive the car is."

Nikola Tsolov says Red Bull have made him no promises about a move into Formula 1, amid speculation linking the Formula 2 championship leader and Red Bull junior with a promotion to Racing Bulls. Tsolov said: "They're obviously really happy with me, but there's nothing that has been talked about, nothing clear. It's just keep doing what you're doing, you're doing great, but there's not much more than that to be honest. But we haven't reached the point where there's anything more than that, we're just focusing on F2 right now."

McLaren boss Andrea Stella said it was "no surprise" that developing the team's rotating-flap rear wing has been a complicated and "delicate" project, after seeing how long Ferrari took to get its version ready to race. Stella said: "The project with the rotating flap is, I have to say, a complicated project. It was no surprise because when we saw Ferrari introducing the wing in the Bahrain test, and then testing it in China, it took a few more events to actually being in condition to race, and we knew it was going to be a complicated project... the most important tool, especially when you have this sort of complicated project, remains what you observe at the track."

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