‘No satisfaction’ over beating Yuki Tsunoda for Liam Lawson at Suzuka after missing out on ‘24 seat

Liam Lawson is taking ‘no satisfaction’ from the fact he was able to out-race Yuki Tsunoda at the Japanese Grand Prix because he missed out on a full-time seat for 2024.
(L to R): Rachel Brookes (GBR) Sky Sports F1 Reporter with Liam Lawson (NZL) AlphaTauri on the grid. Formula 1 World
(L to R): Rachel Brookes (GBR) Sky Sports F1 Reporter with Liam Lawson (NZL) AlphaTauri on the…

AlphaTauri announced Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo as their driver line-up for 2024, meaning Lawson is set fo✃r a seaso🦹n on the sidelines.

Lawson has been very impressive since making his F1 debut at the Dutch Grand Prix in August.

He scored AlphaTauri’s best result of F1 2023 in Siꦺngapore (ninth) and managed to beat Tsun♛oda again on-track in Sunday’s Japanese GP.

Speaking🍒 a🐟fter the race, Lawson wasn’t entirely happy to finish ahead of his teammate.

“Not satisfaction,” he said.

“I want to be in a seat and I don’t have one rightᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ now. It’s basically just doing the best j🦹ob I can each time I get into the car. I’ll keep doing that for as long as I’m driving.”

Liam Lawson (NZL) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Race Day. -
Liam Lawson (NZL) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 17, Japanese Grand Prix,…

Lawson ru🥀ed a lack of pace as AlphaTཧauri failed to score points with both cars.

“We didn’t quite have the speed today,” he added. “To be honest, 💜the only guys that we were really racing today were the Alpines an🍨d they were too quick. 

“It meant that we were just outside the points unfortunately. I 𓆉feel like we pretty much maximised [what we could]."

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