AlphaTauri stand-in Liam Lawson scored his first Formulation One factors on the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday and, in solely his third race, additionally chalked up the crew’s highest end of the season.

Regardless of that, the 21-year-old New Zealander managed to seek out fault in his weekend.

“I have to kind these begins as a result of its two weekends in a row now that I’ve misplaced two spots off the road and it is simply making our life harder,” Lawson informed Sky Sports activities tv.

“Truthfully, it is two slots and round right here you possibly can’t overtake,” added the teenager, who began tenth and one spot forward of Crimson Bull’s double world champion and championship chief Max Verstappen.

“We did the arduous work yesterday and put ourselves in Q3 [the final phase of qualifying] and to lose these spots off the road is a bit tough.”

That mentioned, Lawson was pleased together with his race and mentioned he gave it every part.

The Kiwi’s regular development, after being given his break when Australian Daniel Ricciardo broke his hand, has made a giant impression already.

Thirteenth within the Dutch Grand Prix, he was eleventh on the Italian race in Monza and moved up one other two locations to ninth in Singapore, together with his mother and father readily available to savour the event.

The 2 factors made him the 350th driver to attain in a Formulation One world championship occasion for the reason that first in 1950.

Japanese crew mate Yuki Tsunoda, who retired on the primary lap, has scored solely three factors from 14 races after being unable to start out in Italy.

AlphaTauri have but to verify their drivers for 2024 and Lawson might crew up with Ricciardo or Tsunoda on the Crimson Bull-owned crew if he will get the nod.

“I have been beating the drum since earlier than driving in F1 attempting to get this shot and now I’ve this chance I am simply attempting to maximise it,” Lawson mentioned, who has the seat till Ricciardo recovers.

He’s prone to be nonetheless within the automotive for Japan subsequent weekend however past that is still unsure.

“I’ve this very quick window and I mainly need to get to the top of it and look again and know that I’ve achieved every part I might,” he mentioned.

“It is tough to get a full time seat on this sport however somewhat than all these exterior issues for me its simply specializing in each session, attempting to maximise every time I am within the automotive and present what I can.”