Liam Lawson has commented on suggestions that he could replace the misfiring 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo.

Lawson deputised ജfor the injured Ricciardo at AlphaTauri to much acclaim last season but it wasn’t enough to wrestle away the full-time race seat.

Bu🐲t Ricciardo’s poor start to 2024 for the rebranded RB team has shone a light on Lawson, who waits in the wings.

“It’s unfortunately just rumou✅rs at the moment,” Lawson tol꧋d  podcast.

“To tell you the truth, I🍸 have absolutely no idea.”

Tom Kristensen, the Le🍃 Mans winner, added: “Daniel, coming [to Japan] after Melbourne, it’s a tough start to the season.

“He sat out first 💧practice then second practice was rained of🔯f.

“He had probably been thinking it w♑ould be another struggle🎶.

“H𒀰e did pretty well, he was close to Yuki Tsunoda in qualifying. It was the cut-off 𒅌to being in the top 10 or starting 11th.”

Ricciardo’s race ended on the f🅠irst lap in a crash with Alex Albon.

“Danny couldn’t do anything꧋. Ricciardo had nowhere to go,” Kristensen analysed.

He accepted that merely being close behind🌱 teammate Tsunoda in qu🍬alifying is not enough to warrant keeping his RB drive.

“Probably not, in the means of the people w🐓ithin the Red Bul🐬l group,” Kristensen said.

“They gave him th🌸is chance. They expect more 🎉from him. We all expect more.

“We’re used to seeing late braking, overtaking, strong performances.♔ We ca🦄n’t wait to see them but they haven’t been here yet.

“I don’t even want to mention that we saw him struggle at𓃲 McLaren…”

Ricciardo’s b🍃est finish has been a l🅠owly 12th this year, at his home race in Australia.

A yea♚r which began with him as 🉐the red-hot favourite to replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull in 2025 has morphed into questions about his suitability to even drive for RB.

Teammate Tsunoda has fared better, claiming 𝐆pജoints at his home Japanese Grand Prix last time out.

“He’s never been slow,” Lawson said.

“He’s always been very, very fast.

“It’s a consistency thing. He’s on form this year. He is very consiste𓂃nt and not making many mistakes.”

F1TV’s Alex Jacques credited🌃 Tsunoda for scoring points༺ in consecutive grands prix.

“The big five teams are a long way clear,” he said. “♔You need something to go 🐟wrong.

“If you don’t convert your oppౠortunities this year it will be pa💝inful by the time you get to Abu Dhabi.”