New Zealand’s Liam Lawson will proceed to race for AlphaTauri instead of the injured Daniel Ricciardo on the Singapore Grand Prix.

Ricciardo suffered a damaged metacarpal in his left hand in a crash forward of the Dutch Grand Prix, which additionally pressured him to overlook the Italian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo shall be current with the crew in Singapore for engineering duties.

Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner stated after Monza it’s unlikely Ricciardo will return for Singapore or Japan, which hosts a race on Sep. 24, that means the Qatar Grand Prix on Oct. 8 appears to be like just like the probably return.

Lawson, 21, has acquitted himself nicely in his two outings with the crew and is believed to have an out of doors shot at a full-time race seat with the crew in 2023.

Ricciardo had solely returned to F1 two races earlier than his harm, having changed Nyck de Vries on the Hungarian Grand Prix in July.

The eight-time race winner had been and not using a race seat for 2023 after being dropped by McLaren, however returned to the broader Crimson Bull programme as third driver at first of the 12 months.

Ricciardo can be assured of securing a full 12 months with AlphaTauri subsequent 12 months, as a part of his wider objective of returning to Crimson Bull as soon as Sergio Perez’s contract expires on the finish of 2024.

Sources have instructed ESPN Ricciardo is inspired by plans to make the Crimson Bull-AlphaTauri partnership stronger subsequent season, which is about to incorporate the sister crew taking over a brand new title and as many elements from the world champions as is allowed underneath the laws.

Crimson Bull successfully has three choices for 2 seats at its junior crew, with Ricciardo and Lawson’s teammate Yuki Tsunoda having fun with a strong marketing campaign within the different automotive.