Liam Lawson has Miami Grand Prix to forget
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Kiwi driver Liam Lawson has completed a horrid weekend at Formula One's Miami Grand Prix, crashing out early in the main race in a spectacular collision.
The 24-year-old Aucklander locked brakes entering a corner on the eighth lap and the chassis of his Racing Bulls car lifted the Alpine car of French rival into the air and flipping it.
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Both drivers were walked awya without injures but were forced to retire with car damage.
Lawson later explained he suffered a sudden gearbox failure and that he'd apologised to Gasly for the incident.
"It's destroying something, I can hear it," Lawson told Racing Bulls engineers over their team communications ahead of the incident.
"It's really bad in the gearbox. If I let go of the clutch, it's making terrible noises. It's gone, it's gone."
If found guilty of the cause of the crash Lawson could face a grid penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix three weeks.
It was the second straight year Lawson has failed to finish in Miami, having exited in the opening lap last year.
Lawson had started 11th on the grid and made small gains but he suggested his car was struggling with technical problems.
It was a continuation of a weekend of batting with his car and finishing 15th in the sprint race.
Merecedes Kimi Antonelli won the main race ahead of the McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Antonelli leads the drivers championship from George Russell and Charles Leclerc.
Lawson remains 10th overall on the standings after four rounds, having picked up points with top-10 finishes in the two previous rounds in China and Japan.
