Purple Bull have determined to maintain Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri for 2024, which means Lawson is about for a 12 months on the sidelines.
Regardless of his spectacular stand-in performances, Lawson will act as a reserve driver for subsequent season.
Williams haven’t determined who their second driver shall be alongside Alex Albon as Logan Sargeant continues to battle for type.
Purple Bull’s Christian Horner has already admitted that it’s “unlikely” Lawson may be part of Williams on mortgage, whereas James Vowles was coy on the concept when requested in the course of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Talking in the course of the Japanese GP weekend, Lawson made it clear that he’s “a Purple Bull driver” and “all of the Purple Bull seats are crammed”.
“I’m a Purple Bull driver,” he stated. “All of the Purple Bull seats are crammed and sadly for me that implies that, for now, I’ll be reserve driver.”
Lawson’s fundamental objective remains to be to be an F1 driver, with a full-time seat in 2025 in his sights.
“I’ve received my head down for the time being making an attempt to take advantage of these races,” he stated. Finally clearly my objective is to be in F1 so I’ll try to do what I can to attain that sooner or later. One of many positives about being a Purple Bull driver is, for me having 5 years on this programme, it’s a high-pressure programme.
“We’re put underneath strain from day one, and I’m now used to that. It’s been 5 years of that, so conditions like this, I’m nearly… I’m prepared for them.”