[8] The AT04 appeared to be off the pace during testing and practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix with Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries qualifying 14th and 19th for the race respectively.

The car got its first points of the season in Australia with Tsunoda being classified 10th after Carlos Sainz's penalty for colliding with Fernando Alonso at the lap 57 restart.

Tsunoda qualified 8th for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix whilst de Vries crashed before he could set a time during the session.

Daniel Ricciardo who had raced for the team when it was known as Toro Rosso in 2012 and 2013 was chosen to replace de Vries for the rest of the season.

In the race Riccardo was rear ended by Zhou Guanyu causing him to smash into Esteban Ocon leading to a multi car collision.

Later the medical centre tests showed Ricciardo had broken a metacarpal bone in his hand forcing him to miss the next few races.

During the race Lawson had a wheel-to-wheel battle with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and also overtook Max Verstappen to unlap himself.

Ricciardo returned to the team for the United States Grand Prix so Lawson went back to his reserve driver role.

in the main race Ricciardo struggled to 15th place but Tsunoda finished 10th with the fastest lap securing two points.

Tsunoda then would be promoted to eighth place after Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were disqualified for their skid blocks being worn, the three extra points allowed AlphaTauri to close up to Haas and Alfa Romeo in the fight for 8th in the Constructors' Championship as they sat one point behind their rivals.

The result moved the team up into 8th in the Constructors' Championship, leaping ahead of Haas and drawing level on points with Alfa Romeo.

During the race Ricciardo's rear wing was damaged in a start line crashing involving Alex Albon, Kevin Magnussen, Oscar Piastri and himself.

This allowed the team to extend their lead over Alfa Romeo in the fight for 8th in the Constructors' Championship and close up to 7th placed Williams sitting 7 points behind the Grove outfit.

The drivers had a poor weekend at the first ever Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying 20th and 15th, Ricciardo finished 15th and Tsunoda retired with gearbox problems.