Honda's Tadasuke Makino (tadasuke0628) struggles to hide his frustration at Fuji after losing in a straight fight with Liam Lawson and missing a chance for a first SFormula win:
Tadasuke Makino has described his second-place finish to Liam Lawson at Fuji as “extremely frustrating” as the chance of a first Super Formula win slipped his grasp.Dandelion Racing driver Makino scored his first pole position since his 2019 debut in the Japanese single-seater series on Saturday as he beat Red Bull junior Lawson to the top spot in qualifying.
“It was an extremely frustrating race,” reflected Makino.” The pitstops were what decided the result. Looking at it from Liam’s point of view, we knew he would be looking out for [championship leader] Ritomo [Miyata]. “I lost in a straight fight [to Lawson] but also looking more generally there were things that we didn’t do well enough,” he said. “Liam’s pace was really good and my pace wasn't good enough.
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