“Now it lastly does type of really feel actual,” the 22-year-old commented. “Clearly I knew about it for the final type of… the final, most likely, two weeks. However till it’s on the market to the world, it clearly doesn’t ever actually really feel set in stone, and I couldn’t inform anyone.”
Pushed on what occurred within the background, Lawson continued: “It had been the plan for a very long time now. This was type of the place it was main, a minimum of.
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“I had a contract date that wanted to be type of fulfilled. Principally, it was going in the direction of this manner after which, a few weeks in the past, they advised me this was what was going to occur. Not lengthy after that, it was mainly set in stone.”
Lawson joked that he has “not likely” celebrated the information of his promotion but, with reduction being the overriding feeling amongst relations and pals, in addition to an consciousness of the problem that lies forward.
“Clearly I’m very glad, nevertheless it’s six rounds left within the season, so I’m coming in at a tough time,” he mentioned. “It’s going to be a really difficult level. All these [drivers] have completed three quarters of a season now, so I’ve to try to compete with that – at tracks that I haven’t completed [driven at] as nicely.
