Liam Lawson would have felt hard done by not to get a seat on the 2024 Formula 1 grid. After all, he’d delivered in impressive fashion during his stand-in stint at AlphaTauri last year. AlphaTauri had to call up Lawson when Daniel Ricciardo broke his wrist in practice for the Dutch Grand Prix last August. The team needed a stabilising presence after a tumultuous period. Ricciardo had only completed two races after replacing the under-performing Nyck de Vries at the Hungarian GP. But after his accident, the team had to call upon a fourth different driver. Fortunately, Lawson surpassed expectati…