It has a steering wheel, it has pedals and you can adapt to it pretty quickly. Alexander Albon is the “worst second driver” that has ever raced for Red Bull, according to Jacques Villeneuve. Albon was brought back into the Red Bull fold at the end of 2018 after Daniel Ricciardo left Red Bull for Renault and Gasly was promoted to the senior team to take the Australian's place. After a retirement at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix and three consecutive finishes outside of the points, Albon produced a strong drive to finish in 6th place at the chaotic rain-affected 2019 German Grand Prix, however he was bested by Kvyat, who scored Toro Rosso's second ever podium in their Formula One history. A pair of 6th-place finishes followed in Italy and Singapore. Albon and Lawson are the first two drivers to be confirmed for the 2021 DTM season. Red Bull made a big change after the end of last season. Albon started competitively racing karts in 2005 at the age of 8, competing locally and winning his local Hoddesdon Championship. Albon was dropped by the senior Red Bull outfit over the winter for failing to consistently match team-mate Max Verstappen in 2020, with ex-Racing Point driver Sergio Perez hired as his replacement. At one stage he was coming under pressure from Sergio Pérez in his Racing Point RP20, before the Mexican fell back with front wing damage after contact with Albon following a failed overtake attempt, leaving Albon to finish 4th. He is the second Thai driver to compete in Formula One,[24] the first since Prince Bira competed in the 1954 season.[23]. Albon finished on the podium twice in … While success in DTM would boost his profile, Albon insists the primary objective of his programme is to stay race-fit, and he doesn’t see the series as a means to return to grand prix racing. 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At the Monaco round, Albon qualified second on the grid with a time of 1:19.321 seconds. Red Bull wanted to keep Alex Albon but had to make a decision based on his 2020 performances, according to team principal Christian Horner. As the race resumed, Leclerc and Ghiotto began to scythe through the pack. His fifth place finish came under threat as Red Bull were summoned to the stewards for artificially drying Albon's grid slot,[33] but he wasn't penalised. [41], Albon is due to participate in some rounds of the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, alternating with Formula E driver Nick Cassidy. He finished seventh overall, with two pole positions (scored at the Norisring), 5 podiums (including four rookie wins) and 187 points overall. Albon struggled for grip for the majority of the race and finished in 7th position.[17]. The team recently admitted that the difficult handling was one reason Albon struggled to keep up with Max Verstappen last year – ultimately … Albon missed the Baku round of the Championship due to injury. Albon was born at the Portland Hospital in London, England on 23 March 1996. Does 2000 hold the answers to DTM's current crisis? Sergio Perez took his place. Albon was dropped by the senior Red Bull outfit over the winter for failing to consistently match team-mate Max Verstappen in 2020, with ex-Racing Point driver Sergio Perez hired as his replacement. But it’s a learning curve. He will drive for the Italian outfit AF Corse with backing from Red Bull. Alexander Albon Ansusinha (Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์, born 23 March 1996) is a British-Thai racing driver set to race in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Liam Lawson. After becoming part of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2012 he was promoted to open-wheel cars in the form of a seat with EPIC Racing during the 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, finishing 38th out of 49 in his debut year. It remains a possibility, otherwise Red Bull would not have kept the Thai driver on in a reserve capacity. If F1 would not work out then some kind of... we’ll see. Saying that Red Bull’s making Albon look like an idiot suggests that Albon’s being stitched up, or there’s more Red Bull could be doing to help him. “A lot of the Formula 1 stuff is probably a little more down to how other drivers are performing and whether there are opportunities on that side of things. Albon will compete in the German touring car series for the 2021 season alongside his regular reserve duties for the Red Bull F1 team - who unceremoniously demoted the British-Thai driver at the end of last season. In 2016, Albon raced for ART in the GP3. His father, Nigel Albon is a former British racing driver who participated in the British Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup. [4] After making his 2019 Formula One début with Toro Rosso alongside experienced Russian Daniil Kvyat, Albon replaced Pierre Gasly at Red Bull Racing with Gasly taking Albon’s place at Toro Rosso effective from the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix. If Red Bull fails to make the change, it will be seen as an admission that other factors behind-the-scenes – the Thai part of the two-pronged Red Bull ownership – … [15] Albon claimed four wins and finished as runner up in the championship to teammate Charles Leclerc. Alex Albon isn't viewing his involvement in DTM as a way to ensure a quick return to Formula 1, that is according to the man himself. Albon was part of the 'Group B' qualifying and managed to gain the fastest time in that group, only qualifying 12 hundredths of a second behind Leclerc who qualified in Group A. Red Bull has announced that AF Corse will run two Ferrari 488 GT3 Evos for Alex Albon, Liam Lawson and Nick Cassidy in the 2021 DTM season. [38] He took his second Formula One podium at the Bahrain GP after Sergio Pérez retired from third place due to engine failure.[39]. Now it's on its knees again, so is it time to recall the lessons learned in 2000? [25] Another points finish came with an 8th-place finish in Monaco. He confirmed that the bone was still "clearly broken" following an x-ray on the Tuesday before the race weekend, and explained that the main issue he is having in the car is a "numb feeling" from the scar he received during successful surgery after the crash. Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results, Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results, Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results, Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results. In the following Hungarian Grand Prix, Albon finished 10th, after notably having a fierce battle with his teammate Daniil Kvyat during the race. Alex started racing at … In December 2015, Albon partook in post season testing with ART Grand Prix. In 2006 Albon started racing in the cadet class, finishing 1st at the Kartmasters British Grand Prix and participating in the Super 1 National Honda Cadet Championship finishing 1st in 2006 and 2nd in 2007. He made his debut in Bahrain, where he started in 9th place on the starting grid for the feature race and finished 6th. It's 20 years since the DTM roared back into life at a packed Hockenheim with a back-to-basics approach as the antidote to its high-tech past. [8] Albon holds dual British and Thai nationality, and races under the Thai flag. Asked by Autosport how he can utilise his DTM race outings to earn an F1 comeback in 2022, Albon said: “To be honest not so much. [21] Albon finished the Feature Race in 5th position, after losing places to Oliver Rowland and Nicholas Latifi (both racing for DAMS) whose car proved to have a lot of pace. During this time Albon won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, Formula Kart Stars Championship, KF Winter Series, Super 1 National KF3 Championship, CIK-FIA World Cup and CIK-FIA European Championship. Hamilton later received a penalty for causing the collision. After an aborted start due to Antonio Fuoco and Sean Gelael's engines stalling on the grid, Leclerc led into the first corner, followed by Albon. Red Bull Racing Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says that the team is committed to running Alex Albon for the rest of the 2020 season. Alexander Albon Ansusinha (Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์, born 23 March 1996) is a British-Thai racing driver set to race in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Liam Lawson. A concertina effect occurred at the Grand Hotel Hairpin as Canamasas was spun, causing Gelael to lose his front wing and bringing out a local yellow. Alex Albon says he is determined to rebound from being released by Red Bull and is channeling all of his energy towards reclaiming his place on the Formula 1 grid. While initially only confirmed for the opening round, he was later confirmed as full time driver for the team the following month. [42], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap). The last-chance saloon of Germany's forgotten tin-top champions, The FE cynic who had to accept change in his series, F1 2021 season guide: drivers, teams, calendar and rules explained, Schumacher: No reason Haas can’t fight for Q2 this year, Ricciardo: "Idiots" behind F1 using crashes for social media strategy. He finished 5th at both the Mexican and United States rounds and looked set for a 2nd-place finish in Brazil before a botched overtaking move by Lewis Hamilton scuttled his chances. Red Bull opted to drop the British-Thai driver after the 2020 season, replacing him with Sergio Perez. A stall on the grid in the feature race at Abu Dhabi ended his title chances; he finished fourteenth in the feature race and eighth in the sprint race, leaving him third in the drivers' championship behind fellow future F1 drivers George Russell and Lando Norris. PLUS: How Albon plans to fight his way out of Red Bull limbo. From karting Albon graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series where he drove for EPIC Racing in 2012 alongside Kevin Giovesi, Konstantin Tereschenko, Kevin Jörg, Dennis Wusthoff and Christof von Grunigen and finished 38th out of 49 in the championship after having a tough year and being unable to score points. On the same day, Toro Rosso announced Albon would join the team for 2019 alongside Daniil Kvyat and thus Albon's relationship with the Red Bull Junior Team was restored. On my role, it’s more about doing my job the best I can in the championship itself. “I do enjoy it, it’s a different challenge and a completely different driving style. Pool via REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Alex Albon was inconsistent. The previous teammates of Max Verstappen who were put back were Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat.Unlike Albon, they were able to continue racing in Formula 1 because they were moved back to … It keeps me sharp, it keeps me racing fit, if you can call it. But no, I’m enjoying it.”, Auer, Mercedes fastest at Hockenheim as DTM test ends, Paffett didn't have DTM return ambitions until 'short notice' deal, It's taken him a while to emerge as a consistent title challenger, but in the final year of DTM's Class One rule set, Nico Muller has smoothed the rough edges and has double champion stablemate Rene Rast working harder than ever to keep up in the title race, Opel's fortunes in the DTM had taken a turn for the worst by 2003 - hardly the pedigree that suggested it could take on the toughest 24-hour race of them all. As long as I do my job on my side... Of course, my role also in the reserve driver, simulator duties and testing, that is a much bigger role [in getting back to F1].”, Alex Albon, AF Corse, Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo. Albon had previously raced in Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso throughout the first half of 2019, before being promoted to Red Bull. But yes, there’s not so much requirement here. “A lot of it is down to how it works with BoP [in the DTM]. In 2017, Albon graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, with ART. Albon and Verstappen set identical lap times in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, and Albon finished a career-best 4th in the race. I mean it’s good for now. In 2011 Albon graduated to KF1 placing 2nd in the WSK Euro Series and 2nd at the CIK-FIA World Championship. Albon continued racing for Red Bull alongside Verstappen during the 2020 season. In the sprint race, he finished seventh, one place ahead of Latifi. Unlike his predecessors Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly, who were placed at the then-Toro Rosso team following their demotions from Red Bull Racing, Albon hasn’t yet been given a second opportunity in F1 at what is now AlphaTauri. [11] Albon is known to practice Buddhism[12] and currently resides in both Monaco and Milton Keynes in close proximity to Red Bull Racing's headquarters. At the Spanish round Albon placed 3rd on the provisional starting grid for the feature race. He is also the current reserve and development driver for Red Bull Racing in Formula One having raced for the team from the middle of the 2019 season to the end of the 2020 season. Albon, who was replaced at Red Bull by Racing Point's Sergio Perez, has started 38 races in Formula 1 for Red Bull and the former Toro Rosso team. Alex Albon believes his test and reserve driver duties with Red Bull will play a bigger role in securing a potential Formula 1 return than anything he does in the DTM. It’s definitely not something I would say 100% no to.”. † Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance. [20] Albon finished the practice session in 8th, which showed that despite the injury, the chance for his first podium in Formula 2 was a possibility. The 25-year-old got his first proper taste of a GT3 car earlier this month at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, before getting more running under his belt in the official pre-season test at Hockenheim this week. Albon was dropped by the senior Red Bull outfit over the winter for failing to consistently match team-mate Max Verstappen in 2020, with ex-Racing … Read more on autosport.com Alex Albon “But at the end of the day it’s a car. It feels okay. Albon was signed by Nissan e.dams alongside Sébastien Buemi as one of its drivers for the 2018–19 Formula E season, but he was released before the start of the season to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One season for Toro Rosso.[22][23].

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