The 21-year-old New Zealander, in only his third race as stand-in for the injured 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo, had aꦍ superb weekend in Singapore as he converted his first top-10 start in🀅to a ninth-place finish.

In doing so, Lawson registered AlphaTauri’s best result of the season ♈and lifted himself above the two drivers that previo🔜usly occupied his seat in the championship.

Lawson’s calm and collected run to P9 capped off his strongest and most complete F1 weekend yet, which included knocking reigning world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s super💃ior Red Bull out of Q3 with a stuജnning lap in qualifying. 

Even more impressive was 🔯the fact Lawson turned in such a performance at a track that 𒁃is considered one of the toughest on the calendar due to the physicality of the circuit combined with the hot and humid conditions. 

Yet Lawson still managed to find fault in just his weekend. 🅠;

"I need to sort these starts because it's two weekends in a r⛎ow now that I've lost two spots off the line and it's just making our life more difficult,” he told Sky after the race. 

"Honestly, it's two slots and around here you can't overtake. We did 💜the hard work yesterday and put ourselves in Q3 [the fin🃏al phase of qualifying] and to lose those spots off the line is a bit tricky.”

Lawson has made it clear that his target is to secure a full-time seat for 🥂2024 and his latest showing will o🍎nly strengthen his case.

"I've been beating the drum since before drivingಞ in F1 trying to get this shot and now I have this opportunity I'm just trying to 𒁃maximise it,” he said. 

"I have this very short window and I basically want to get to the end of♔ it and look back and know that I've done everything I could.

"It's tricky to get a full time seat in this spor𓃲t but rather than looking at all those external thing🉐s for me it's just focusing on every session, trying to maximise each time I'm in the car and show what I can.”

Red Bull now find themselves with a conundrum over their driv𓆉er l🙈ine-up for 2024.

Assuming168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez continues alongside Verstappen as per his contract, Red Bull𓄧 ☂have three drivers vying for two available seats at AlphaTauri. 

would have felt fairly confident about retaining his seat for n꧅ext season prior to Lawson’s arrival, but if the Kiwi outperforms him, Ts🌺unoda’s position may be under threat. 

And there is Ricciardo. The Australian’s dream F1 comeback at the expense of the underperforming168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Nyck de Vries has quickly turned into a nightmare. 

Breaking his hand in a rather innocuous-looking crash in a practice ෴session in just his second race back agonisingly forced him back onto the sidelines. 

Ricciardo’s misfortune opened the door for Lawson, who so far has ܫgrabbed his unlikely chance with both hands. AlphaTauri insist that Ricciardo will return - most likely at Qatar - but the pressure has already int❀ensified. 

The Australian was still getting up to speed even before his injury, which has placed further question marks over ꦏhow long it will take before he is back to his best. Will Ricciardo have enough time to stake his claim for one of 🐭the seats?

The re🐻maining seven races of the year will ultimately determine whether AlphaTauri field a combination of Tsunoda and Ricciardo, Tsunoda and Lawson, or Ricciardo and Law🅘son next season. 

If Lawson were to miss out on a full-time berth at AlphaT🌄auri, there could be another option for next season. 

Fellow rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Logan Sargeant continues to show litt꧒le sign of improvement and endured another miserable weekend in his 15th grand prix with a performance that will do little for his chances of retaining his Williams seat for a second campaign.

Amid the uncertainty over Sargeant’s future, Williams m💙ay be tempted to take a punt on Lawson. 

Such a move would require Red Bull’s blessing but could be feasible given Red Bull placed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon at Williams for 2022 in a deal that initially saw him🧜 retain his links to the energy drink🎶s firm. A loan-type arrangement may benefit both parties.

After his s🌳tarring display, expectations will undoubtedly be higher for Lawson this weekend in Japan at a Suzuka circui✅t he has already driven this year during his Super Formula exploits.