Liam Lawson learned he’d be driving at F1 Qatar GP via surprise Daniel Ricciardo FaceTime call
The 21-year-old New Zealander will once again stand in for Ricciardo at AlphaTauri this weekend as the latter continues to recover from breaking his le🥀ft hand at the Dutch Grand Prixℱ in August.
Lawson, who has replaced Ricciardo at Zandvoort, Monza, Singapore and Suzuka so far, revealed he found out h🧜e would be in the car again directly from the Australian.
Red Bu🥀ll’s reserve driver got a FaceTime call from a number he didn’t recognise at lunchtime on Monday - and it turned out to be Ricciardo.
“On Monday, so 🍸I was🦩 sitting at lunch and I had a random number call me and it was a FaceTime,” Lawson explained on Thursday in Qatar.
“I was really confused because people don't just FaceTime rand♊omly, so I answered it and it was just Daniel's face.
“And he basically said that he thought he𒁏 would let 🌱me have another weekend.
“Obviously it’s good to b🉐e back and good to be in the car thi💯s weekend. It’s a very different circuit, but I'm excited.”
Lawson added𒆙: “After Japan I guess it was looking more likely that we'd be driving so we just carried on preparing like normal.
“I didn't assume ♈I was driving but we just prepped like like a normal situation like I would be.
“Obviously I want to be here full time but just trying to make the most of th🌄is.”
Asked if Ricciardo had given him any indication whether he will reܫturn to the cockpit for the United States Gra𝓀nd Prix in Austin on October 20-22, Lawson replied: “I think that's definitely the target.
“I would say it's more liꦚkely that he would be back in Austin, but obviously I can't say for certain.
“Obviously we have over aཧ week to to g🔥ive more time to be ready for it. So I would say it's probably Austin.”
With Ricciardo already confirmed at AlphaTauri for 2024, alongside168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Yuki Tsunoda, Lawson iꦆs set for ano🌳ther year on the sidelines in his reserve role.
There has been talk that Lawson could be loaned to Williams as a replacement for168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Logan Sargeant, but that scenario has beeඣn 💛downplayed by both parties.
Asked if there is a hypothetical chance that he could be loaned to a non-Red Bull team for next season, Lawson said: “I don’t kno💖w, honestly.”
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