Liam Lawson will proceed to race for AlphaTauri rather than the injured Daniel Ricciardo on the Qatar Grand Prix.

Crimson Bull reserve driver Lawson changed Ricciardo when the Australian driver broke a bone in his hand in a crash throughout follow forward of August’s Dutch Grand Prix.

Ricciardo will now look to return for the U.S. Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas on Oct. 22.

The Australian has missed two double headers — the European swing of the Netherlands and Italy and the races in Singapore and Japan — however had hoped to be again within the automobile for Qatar’s race on Oct. 8.

New Zealander Lawson has impressed within the stand-in function, scoring his first F1 factors on the Singapore Grand Prix, however has already missed out on a race seat for 2024.

AlphaTauri has confirmed Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will race for the crew subsequent yr. Lawson will stay Crimson Bull reserve driver in 2024.

Previous to his damage, Ricciardo had solely accomplished two races for the crew after changing Dutchman Nyck de Vries on the Hungarian Grand Prix in July. He failed to attain factors on both event.

The eight-time race winner sees a yr with AlphaTauri as his greatest path again to returning to Crimson Bull in 2025.