Liam Lawson‘s girlfriend has taken to Instagram to react to the New Zealander’s brutal Formula One axeing.

News broke on Thursday morning that confirmed Lawson, 25, will be replaced and that Yuki Tsunoda will now succeed him for next week’s Japanese Grand Prix.

It comes after Mail Sport had been told by sources close to the Dutch racing driver that Max Verstappen was left ‘shaken’ by Christian Horner‘s decision to sack his 23-year-old Kiwi team-mate.