F1 news: Is an extension coming for Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri?

One of many largest questions remaining this System 1 season is AlphaTauri’s driver lineup for the 2024 marketing campaign. With Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson, and Daniel Ricciardo seemingly vying for the 2 obtainable spots, a kind of drivers would be the odd man out subsequent 12 months.

In line with not less than one report, the choice has been made, and will likely be introduced at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.

German outlet Auto Motor und Sport is reporting that the crew has determined to forge forward with a Tsunoda/Ricciardo pairing for the 2024 season, and {that a} contract extension for Tsunoda will likely be introduced at his residence race, this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.

The reporting comes at an fascinating time, given what has occurred since Ricciardo suffered an harm forward of the Dutch Grand Prix. That opened the door for Lawson to slip into his seat, on a brief foundation, and the younger driver has completed forward of Tsunoda in every of these three races, securing his first F1 factors this previous weekend with a ninth-place end on the Singapore Grand Prix.

After all, that assertion requires a mountain of context, as Tsunoda completed forward of Lawson on the Dutch Grand Prix, however was dropped under him on account of a grid penalty. Tsunoda additionally posted back-to-back DNF at Monza and Marina Bay, when his AT04 failed on the formation lap on the Italian Grand Prix, and on the primary lap in Singapore.

Nonetheless, Lawson’s success led some to imagine that the pairing for subsequent 12 months could be him alongside Ricciardo. However in keeping with not less than one respected outlet, the group goes in a special path for subsequent season.