Formula 1

Albon F1 Driver

Alexander albon is a thai british racing driver racing with aston martin red bull racing in the 2019 formula one world championship. And arguably there is no better time for albon to make the move than now.

Monza Italy 07th Sep 2019 Red Bull Racing S Thai Driver

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In 2018 albon took four wins eight podiums and three pole positions for dams in the fia formula 2 championship and was.

Albon f1 driver. The british born thai driver has scored 16 points from his 12 grands prix to date with a best result of sixth in the rain affected german round his first ever wet f1 race. Analysing f1s big driver news with the sky f1 pundits. What it all means. Here we chart how gaslys 2019 season has played out compared to albons. Gasly by contrast has spent 2019 struggling to keep pace with verstappen. A step up to f2 followed for 2017 with the same art squad but albon struggled to adapt as quickly to the new series as leclerc who stormed to the title at the first attempt before earning his f1. Alex started racing at the age of 8 racing karts in the honda cadet class from 2005. 2019 season driver standings constructor standings archive 1950 2018 f1 awards. Albon who hadnt driver an f1 car until the shakedown for the str13 in february has outqualified teammate daniil kvyat in both races thus far. He is the second thai driver to compete in formula one the first since prince bira competed in the 1954 season. Albon vs gasly the road to red bulls driver swap. The least experienced man on the f1 grid and the first thai driver since 1954 alex albon started his rookie campaign with toro rosso before an early switch to red bull. At the 2019 bahrain grand prix the second race in albons formula one career he finished ninth to score his first points. Why did red bull make a driver change now and is alex albon ready for verstappen. As an f2 driver 11 months ago it seemed like his f1 dream was over when he signed a contract to race in formula e with nissan.

Red bulls sudden announcement that alex albon would replace pierre gasly from the belgian grand prix showed just how quickly the thai british driver has risen to the ranks.