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Lawson found out via Ricciardo FaceTime that he would race in F1 Qatar GP

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SubscribeFormula 1Qatar GPRicciardo broke a metacarpal in his left hand during a practice crash at Zandvoort, which paved the way for 21-year-old Kiwi racer Lawson to make his F1 debut in the Netherlands.The Kiwi, who sits second in the Super Formula standings, has impressed during four cameo appearances, with his rapid adaption capped by scoring two points for finishing ninth in the Singapore GP.With Lawson taking a backseat next season by occupying a reserve driver role for Red Bull - AlphaTauri having re-signed Yuki Tsunoda and Ricciardo for 2024 - he will make what is expected to be his final substitute appearance in Qatar, which is a sprint race event, this weekend.But he only found out he would be racing on Monday after picking up a “random” video call, which turned out to be from eight-time GP winner Ricciardo.“I was sitting at lunch and I had a random number call me and it was a FaceTime," said Lawson.“I was really confused because people don’t just FaceTime randomly, so I answered it and it was just Daniel’s face!“He basically said that he thought he’d let me have another weekend. Obviously good to be back, good to be in the car this weekend. I’m excited.”Liam Lawson, AlphaTauri AT04Photo by: Red Bull Content PoolAs Ricciardo travelled immediately from Zandvoort to Spain for surgery, initially Red Bull team boss Christian Horner suggested a delayed Qatar return made the most sense since the immediately-preceding Singapore and Japanese events ran as a quick-fire double-header.But AlphaTauri has left it up to Ricciardo to decide when he is fit enough to return, and this has now been deferred to the United States GP in Austin, Texas later this month.“To be honest, after Japan, it was looking more likely that we’d be driving so we just carried on preparing like normal," added Lawson“I didn’t assume I was driving but we prepped like a normal situation like I would be. It’s a bit different. I want to be here full-time but just trying to make the most of this.“I think [Austin] is definitely the target [for Ricciardo]. I think that’s more likely.“Obviously, I can’t say for certain, but we have over a week to get more time to be ready for it. So, I would say it’s probably Austin.”Bet now18+, T&amp;Cs Apply, Gamble ResponsiblyAston Martin rules out Alonso, Stroll involvement in Valkyrie Hypercar assaultSargeant: Williams F1 boss Vowles' public show of faith a "nice surprise"sharescommentsRicciardo set to delay F1 return to United States GPAlphaTauri F1 team retains Tsunoda and Ricciardo for 2024The times that show how good Ricciardo's F1 return really wasAlphaTauri plays down talk of running Red Bull RB19 F1 clone in 2024Albon: AlphaTauri's current F1 form “worrying” for WilliamsHow Lawson stayed afloat in his sudden F1 debutRyan Newman to make first NASCAR Xfinity start in over a decadeOcon: Tough love from de Meo address has fired up Alpine F1 teamAndretti entry will be "great" for F1 - HamiltonLeclerc: Ferrari 2024 F1 car promise outweighs any depression over Red Bull formFrom Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.You have 2 options:Subscribe nowAlready disabled your adblocker?Reload pageSubscribeApp StoreGoogle PlaySubscribe to our newsletterpart ofThe Motorsport.com app© 2023 Motorsport Network.All rights reserved.Continue reading with advertising …Visit motorsport.com as usual with advertising and tracking. You can revoke your consent at any time via the data protection page.1Accept and continueMore information about advertising and tracking in our Data protection notice, the List of our partners and in Data protection information center.… or with a subscriptionUse motorsport.com without any advertising banners, personalized tracking and commercials for a small fee.Subscribe for $1.5Already a subscriber? Log in here1 This is tracking: With information stored on your device ( for example cookies ), we and our partners can personalize advertisements and content based on your usage profile and / or measure the performance of advertisements and content. From this data, we derive knowledge about usage behavior and preferences in order to optimize content and advertisements.SubscribeSubscribepart ofTVJobsTickets

SubscribeFormula 1Qatar GPRicciardo broke a metacarpal in his left hand during a practice crash at Zandvoort, which paved the way for 21-year-old Kiwi racer Lawson to make his F1 debut in the Netherlands.The Kiwi, who sits second in the Super Formula standings, has impressed during four cameo appearances, with his rapid adaption capped by scoring two points for finishing ninth in the Singapore GP.With Lawson taking a backseat next season by occupying a reserve driver role for Red Bull - AlphaTauri having re-signed Yuki Tsunoda and Ricciardo for 2024 - he will make what is expected to be his...

Lawson found out via Ricciardo FaceTime that he would race in F1 Qatar GP

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