Yes, You are hearing right! Daniel Ricciardo looks set to return to AlphaTauri in 2024.
According to ESPN, Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will be the main two primary drivers for the next season. Tsunoda has the second season with the team, while Ricciardo is going to replace Nyck De Vries after the first 10 races of the season.
Ricciardo is currently sidelined after a massive accident while a practice crash at Zandvoort ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix and broke a bone in his left hand.
After that crash He’s been replaced by Liam Lawson for the past three races and now Lawson is again set to compete in Ricciardo’s place in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
The return of Ricciardo and Tsunoda to the team could put Lawson’s F1 future in limbo for now, despite good results in his three substitute races so far. Lawson finished 13th in the Netherlands, 11th in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and ninth in Singapore. He finished two places ahead of Tsunoda at Zandvoort, while Tsunoda’s car had mechanical problems before completing a lap in each of the previous two races.
AlphaTauri was a great opportunity for Lawson to prove himself in the Formula 1 race in 2024 as the team looks to the future with its drivers. It is worth noting that if Logan Sargent does not return, the only other seat on the grid next season could be Williams’s.
AlphaTauri’s Role: Can Daniel Ricciardo Reclaim a Red Bull Seat?
34 year old Ricciardo who has won Formula 1 8 times. And he decided to part ways with McLaren at the end of the 2022 season. Daniel Ricciardo took seven career wins with the team from 2014–18 and decided to rejoin Red Bull as the team’s reserve driver behind Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez ahead of the 2023 season.
If we talk about the win, He’s unlikely to win a race at AlphaTauri in 2024 because the team is one of the backmarkers on the F1 grid. The team has only scored just five points so far in 2023 and sits last in the constructor’s standings.
Daniel Ricciardo has a chance if he consistently overtakes Tsunoda at the junior Red Bull team and can get his car in the points on a semi-regular basis next season, giving him a chance to return to Red Bull Racing in 2025. Can be seen as a good option.
It is known that Perez has consistently been ahead of Verstappen, especially in qualifying. It will be up to the team whether it wants to make a change in two seasons, If Daniel Ricciardo does well in 2024, he will be a good option for the team.
