Liam Lawson put his Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying woes down to an inability to cool his tyres enough for his final flying lap, leading to him propping up the rest of the Formula 1 field.
The New Zealander was up to 10th in the order after the opening runs, having opened with a 1m32.729s time, but his second attempt at a run was aborted – and ultimately deleted – after running wide at Turn 9 and surpassing track limits.
