MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: How did Lawson jump ahead of RB team mate Tsunoda and into the points on his F1 return?

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“I don’t understand how that happened,” said Yuki Tsunoda as his new team mate Liam Lawson rejoined from his pit stop right in front of him, having started eight places behind.
So, how did it happen? To take nothing away from Lawson’s super-impressive first race back for the RB team, there was a strategic as well as a performance element to the answer.
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