Untelevised team radio footage from the Brazilian Grand Prix has revealed the moment Liam Lawson argued that Charles Leclerc had to be penalised by the FIA for causing a collision.

Lawson finished eighth on the road in Brazil after losing a position to Leclerc in the closing stages.

Liam Lawson team radio emerges after FIA issues Charles Leclerc penalty

Leclerc tagged the Racing Bulls driver’s left-rear tyre at the Juncao corner, causing Lawson to lose momentum on the long blast towards the main straight.

The Ferrari driver crossed the line in seventh, but was handed a five-second time penalty by the FIA stewards after the race, restoring Lawson to P7 in the final classification.

Lawson’s 15th points finish in 20 races moved Racing Bulls a step closer to its best-ever result in the constructors’ championship, with the Faenza-based team leading Alpine by 45 points in the fight for fifth place.

Analysis: Brazilian Grand Prix

Untelevised footage from Brazil has revealed how Lawson argued that the stewards had to take action against Leclerc.

The full exchange after the chequered flag between Lawson and his race engineer Alexandre Iliopoulos, which cannot be reproduced here due to broadcast rights restrictions, went as follows:

Lawson: “I mean, I stayed within five seconds. He’s got to get done for it.”

Iliopoulos: “He will be investigated. We think the same, Liam. We think the same.”

Iliopoulos: “Slow mode on. And fail 84, fail. Very good, Liam. Very, very good. Very good pace. We were battling with the top guys.”

Lawson: “If only it stayed wet the whole race. But, yeah, very, very good job, everyone. Great car this weekend. I tried so, yeah, guys. I thought we might have a chance again, but thank you.”

Iliopoulos: “Thank you, Liam. Thank you.”

Lawson’s team radio exchange comes after he likened Leclerc’s move to a similar incident between the Ferrari driver and Alex Albon in the Formula 2 season finale in Abu Dhabi in 2017.

Lawson said after the race in Brazil: “I think it was his wing that hit my tyre, so I think we got really lucky [to avoid a puncture].

“I feel like it was exactly like his GP2 [sic] move in Abu Dhabi on Albon years ago.

“He did the same kind of thing, so maybe it’s his specialty. I don’t know if it’s legal or not.

“We’ll obviously go and review it, but it was a good battle overall.”

Meanwhile, Brazilian Grand Prix winner Lando Norris disagreed with Lawson’s assessment, claiming Leclerc’s move was a “perfectly placed nudge.”

Appearing on an internet stream, Norris said: “How did Leclerc get a five-second penalty?”