Liam Lawson’s fifth place at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was never under threat from the Red Bull pit wall despite the Racing Bulls driver keeping Yuki Tsunoda at bay, says Alan Permane. Red Bull hopefuls Lawson and Tsunoda recorded their best results of the season on the streets of Baku, where Lawson was fifth with Tsunoda six-tenths behind him for the senior team at the chequered flag. “Especially McLaren behind, [I was] thinking about the championship, both the team and Drivers’ championship for Max,” Tsunoda told F1TV. Yuki had fresh medium tyres and Liam did a great job holding him off with elbows out. Tracks more like Zandvoort where we had more pace than them.”Read next: Yuki Tsunoda’s ‘good for me’ admission as Red Bull prospects assessed