New Zealand’s Liam Lawson will continue to race for AlphaTauri in location of the hurt Daniel Ricciardo at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Ricciardo suffered a damaged metacarpal in his left hand in a crash ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, which likewise required him to miss out on the Italian Grand Prix.
Ricciardo will exist with the group in Singapore for engineering tasks.
Red Bull manager Christian Horner stated after Monza it is not likely Ricciardo will return for Singapore or Japan, which hosts a race on Sep. 24, implying the Qatar Grand Prix on Oct. 8 appears like the most likely return.
Lawson, 21, has actually acquitted himself well in his 2 trips with the group and is thought to have an outdoors shot at a full-time race seat with the group in 2023.
Ricciardo had actually just gone back to F1 2 races prior to his injury, having actually changed Nyck de Vries at the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.
The eight-time race winner had actually lacked a race seat for 2023 after being stopped by McLaren, however went back to the broader Red Bull program as 3rd chauffeur at the start of the year.
Ricciardo is likewise positive of protecting a complete year with AlphaTauri next year, as part of his broader objective of going back to Red Bull as soon as Sergio Perez’s agreement ends at the end of 2024.
Sources have actually informed ESPN Ricciardo is motivated by strategies to make the Red Bull-AlphaTauri collaboration more powerful next season, which is set to consist of the sis group handling a brand-new name and as lots of parts from the world champs as is enabled under the guidelines.
Red Bull successfully has 3 alternatives for 2 seats at its junior group, with Ricciardo and Lawson’s colleague Yuki Tsunoda taking pleasure in a strong project in the other cars and truck.