{"id":640,"date":"2023-09-21T21:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniel-ricciardo-yuki-tsunoda-to-stay-at-alphatauri-in-2024-sources\/21\/09\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T21:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T01:00:58","slug":"daniel-ricciardo-yuki-tsunoda-to-stay-at-alphatauri-in-2024-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/daniel-ricciardo-yuki-tsunoda-to-stay-at-alphatauri-in-2024-sources\/21\/09\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda to stay at AlphaTauri in 2024 – sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will stay with AlphaTauri in 2024, sources have told ESPN, leaving impressive rookie Liam Lawson’s immediate future in doubt.<\/p>\n

Red Bull had been weighing up three options for two seats but are understood to have settled on a decision this week.<\/p>\n

The decision extends the F1 career of eight-time grand prix winner Ricciardo, who replaced Nyck de Vries at the Hungarian Grand Prix, for at least one more season.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo sees that option as his best path back to Red Bull in 2025<\/a>, when Sergio Perez’s contract will have ended.<\/p>\n

The news, which could be announced before Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, will keep Tsunoda at AlphaTauri for a fourth season but leaves a huge question mark over Lawson’s next steps.<\/p>\n

AlphaTauri is set to race under a new name and with a closer partnership to Red Bull in 2024, perhaps explaining why Red Bull has chosen the most experienced lineup available.<\/p>\n

The team’s race lineup for next year has been a big talking point in recent weeks, a decision complicated by the impressive performances of Ricciardo stand-in Lawson across the last three races.<\/p>\n

Lawson replaced Ricciardo when the Australian driver broke a bone in his hand ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

He impressed at Zandvoort and Monza before scoring the first points of his F1 career at the Singapore Grand Prix, where he finished ninth.<\/p>\n

Lawson will race at the Japanese Grand Prix; Ricciardo is hoping to return for the Qatar Grand Prix on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n

The only 2024 seat still available is at Williams, who are believed to be considering their options and weighing up the future of underwhelming American rookie Logan Sargeant.<\/p>\n

Before his F1 opportunity Lawson had been reserve driver for Red Bull, a role which would be open for him in 2024.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Thursday at the media day in Suzuka, Lawson said: “I wouldn’t be happy to go back to being reserve but obviously I know how hard it is to get to Formula One.<\/p>\n

“And I understand that can be really, really difficult sometimes. So what will happen will happen, but these things I haven’t really thought about too much.<\/p>\n

“I’ve just tried to make the most of this [opportunity].”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will stay with AlphaTauri in 2024, sources have told ESPN, leaving impressive rookie Liam Lawson’s immediate future