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. At the final race in Abu Dhabi, Albon was a contender to finish 6th in the standings, but by finishing 6th in the race, he was unable to outscore Carlos Sainz Jr. and Pierre Gasly and finished his debut season in Formula One 8th in the standings with 92 points. Red Bull made a big change after the end of last season. In 2008 he moved up to the KF3 class where he stayed until 2010. 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. On my role, it’s more about doing my job the best I can in the championship itself. Instead, the Thai driver will contest selected rounds of the new-look DTM series in an AF Corse-run Ferrari 488 GT3 in 2021 while remaining in F1 as a reserve/test driver for both the Red Bull and AlphaTauri teams. 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 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 Ghiotto. 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. Albon says that being negative about what happened with Red Bull would achieve nothing, as he is well aware that if he does a good job he has a chance to be back in 2022. The Opel Vectra GTS was the last in the line of the marque's DTM challengers, but failed to hit the lofty heights of its predecessors when financial constraints hit, Audi last week announced it would be exiting the DTM at the end of 2020, bringing the curtain down on 20 years of continuous participation since the series' reboot in 2000. Oliver Rowland eventually pressured Albon into a mistake to take the lead of the race, although both still had an impending pitstop to make. The dangerous position of the car initially brought out the virtual safety car and eventually, the safety car itself. [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). [34] Albon finished the Belgian Grand Prix in sixth position after being passed by Renault driver Esteban Ocon on the last lap. In the race, Albon lacked pace compared to his teammate, finishing over 10 seconds behind despite making one less stop than the Dutch driver. For the Sprint Race, Albon started the race 4th on the grid and managed to move up the grid to clinch his first podium in Formula 2, finishing behind Artem Markelov. Albon was back in action for the fifth round of the championship, stating that his initial feeling on returning to action after breaking his collarbone was "a lot better" than he expected. As the race resumed, Leclerc and Ghiotto began to scythe through the pack. Whilst attempting to overtake Lewis Hamilton for second place, the two cars collided, sending Albon into the gravel, an incident for which Hamilton received a penalty. He finished seventh overall, with two pole positions (scored at the Norisring), 5 podiums (including four rookie wins) and 187 points overall. “Eau Rogue is definitely not as flat as I thought it would be. 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[15] Albon claimed four wins and finished as runner up in the championship to teammate Charles Leclerc. In qualifying, the grid was separated into two Groups due to safety concerns over the short and tight nature of the circuit. Albon missed the Baku round of the Championship due to injury. “Of course there’s still time on the table on how to drive it. He made his debut in Bahrain, where he started in 9th place on the starting grid for the feature race and finished 6th. [8] Albon holds dual British and Thai nationality, and races under the Thai flag. Albon will be one of the three former grand prix drivers on the 2021 DTM grid alongside Timo Glock (Rowe Racing BMW) and ex-Red Bull driver Christian Klien, the latter in a part-season campaign in a McLaren with JP Motorsport. Albon, sadly, is not looking like becoming that driver. But yes, there’s not so much requirement here. Albon struggled to get close to teammate Max Verstappen during the condensed season, picking up just two podiums from the 17 races and scoring fewer than half the points Verstappen did. In 2015 Albon switched to European Formula 3, finishing 7th overall. On 12 August 2019, Red Bull announced that Albon would be replacing Pierre Gasly at the team from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards,[5] with Gasly returning to Toro Rosso. Sergio Canamasas ground to a halt on lap 10 owing to problems with the car. He finished the 2013 season with 22 points. He will drive for the Italian outfit AF Corse with backing from Red Bull. The team recently admitted that the difficult handling was one reason Albon struggled to keep up with Max Verstappen last year – ultimately … The top team is in talks with both drivers," reports the newspaper from multiple sources. 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. Alex started racing at … 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. Alex Albon bears no grudges towards Red Bull for dragging out the decision to drop him for this season, leaving him without a Formula 1 race seat. It has a steering wheel, it has pedals and you can adapt to it pretty quickly. Albon explained that he had to readjust his braking points for GT3 machinery, admitting that his past F1 experience meant he has been overdriving the Ferrari. [36] He ended the race in 15th position. In an interview, the performance coach of Alex Albon, Patrick Harding, reflected on the young driver’s time with Red Bull.He said, “Of course the Netflix series is going to be dramatised.What you saw on the ground was a young driver on his second season. He finished 10th in the drivers' championship in his first F2 season, scoring 86 points. Red Bull’s Alexander Albon in action during the race. Albon was able to continue but later retired from the race with an electrical failure likely caused by the clash. Perez is already there. Albon qualified in 4th for the Feature Race, however was later promoted to third on the provisional starting grid after Sérgio Sette Câmara was disqualified after the qualifying session after failing to provide the required 1 litre fuel sample. We're passionate about racing, our fans and we love what we do. Some major soul-searching will now be required to assess how it can survive, DTM boss Gerhard Berger was an ardent detractor of Formula E and was reluctant for his series to embrace greener engine technologies. Red Bull Distribution Company ("RBDC") was established in 2009 to exclusively distribute Red Bull products and provide world class market execution in the US. At the Spanish round Albon placed 3rd on the provisional starting grid for the feature race. Albon started competitively racing karts in 2005 at the age of 8, competing locally and winning his local Hoddesdon Championship. 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. He started the season with a fourth place in the feature race in Bahrain before finishing thirteenth in the sprint race. 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. 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. Alexander Albon is the “worst second driver” that has ever raced for Red Bull, according to Jacques Villeneuve. 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. Albon continued racing for Red Bull alongside Verstappen during the 2020 season. Alexander Albon left the team because of disappointing results. 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 – … Albon was demoted to the role of reserve and development driver for 2021, his race seat being taken by Sergio Pérez. Albon and Verstappen set identical lap times in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, and Albon finished a career-best 4th in the race. In 2017, Albon graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, with ART. 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. [28] At the opening race in Austria, Albon started in fourth place and spent much of the race in third after teammate Verstappen retired. It feels okay. In 2013 Albon joined KTR to race in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season alongside Yu Kanamaru and Ignazio D'Agosto finishing 16th out of 36 in the championship. In 2014 Albon raced alongside Gregor Ramsay, Jules Gounon and Callan O'Keefe and enjoyed a much more successful year. He was once again unable to find a win at any of the 14 races but managed to get one pole position at the Nürburgring and finished 3rd in the drivers championship with 117 points. However, mechanical problems forced Matsushita to start from the pitlane promoting Albon to second. In the sprint race, Albon started 4th on the grid and enjoyed a well fought battle with Leclerc for the majority of the race and after battling for a number of laps, Leclerc finally passed Albon for fifth place. [35], At the Italian GP, Albon qualified ninth, four places behind teammate Max Verstappen in P5. Albon lost his Red Bull seat to Perez for 2021 “The DTM, with a high-class field and GT3 sports cars, is an interesting platform and a real challenge, both for successful race drivers like Alex Albon as for our Red Bull junior driver Liam Lawson,” Red Bull’s motorsports adviser Dr Helmut Marko told the DTM’s official website. If F1 would not work out then some kind of... we’ll see. Red Bull wanted to keep Alex Albon but had to make a decision based on his 2020 performances, according to team principal Christian Horner. 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]. In the sprint race, he finished seventh, one place ahead of Latifi. 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. 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. [6] His mother Kankamol, is from Thailand and is also a convicted criminal[7]. Does 2000 hold the answers to DTM's current crisis? Later in the race, Albon found himself stuck behind the slower moving Norman Nato and Jordan King, which eventually caused him to lose places, finishing the race in a disappointing 4th position. 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. Red Bull’s Alexander Albon finished 12th ahead of Racing Point’s last-minute replacement Nico Hulkenberg. [38] He took his second Formula One podium at the Bahrain GP after Sergio Pérez retired from third place due to engine failure.[39]. In April 2018, DAMS announced that they signed Albon for the 2018 season to partner Nicholas Latifi. 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. With the fresh rubber, Albon and Rowland were staging a comeback with both drivers challenging for the podium toward the latter stages of the race, Albon later finished the race in 5th position. 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. But it’s a learning curve. “A lot of it is down to how it works with BoP [in the DTM]. 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 struggled for grip for the majority of the race and finished in 7th position.[17]. Albon's podium was the first podium for a Thai Formula One driver in the World Championship. 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. In 2011 Albon graduated to KF1 placing 2nd in the WSK Euro Series and 2nd at the CIK-FIA World Championship. However, he produced a fine drive and after passing Sergio Pérez on the final lap Albon crossed the line in 5th place. Albon has been a popular addition to the Red Bull team since admirably stepping up halfway through his rookie season with Toro Rosso, impressing - particularly with his overtaking - … And he’s out-of-contract. For the sprint race Albon qualified 3rd on the grid, behind Luca Ghiotto and his teammate, Matsushita. 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. 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. In the Sprint Race, Albon started 5th on the grid, and after a very tight race he dropped back to finish in 6th position. 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Albon was given a seat once again by ART in 2017[3] to race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship where he finished his maiden year in 10th position. Asked if he saw sportscar racing as a viable long-term option, Albon said: “Seriously [speaking], not really. He qualified 5th in the wet, three places behind team mate Max Verstappen. Upon the shock mid-season announcement, the team at Red Bull said in a press release, ”The team will use the next nine races to evaluate Alex’s performance in order to make an informed decision as to who will drive alongside Max in 2020.”[26] On the dropping of Gasly, Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner said: "Pierre really needs to take some time out during the break, reflect, and take the lessons into the second part of the year. Alexander Albon is a Thai-British racing driver and the Reserve Driver for Red Bull Racing in the 2021 Formula One World Championship. He wa… Alex Albon suffered pitfalls any young driver would at a big team, according to performance coach. 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. [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. Albon and Lawson are the first two drivers to be confirmed for the 2021 DTM season. It’s definitely not something I would say 100% no to.”. His place was taken by former F2 colleague Oliver Rowland, who previously competed in the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix as an injury replacement for Mahindra Racing's Nick Heidfeld. [32], While lapping in qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Albon was held up in traffic, compromising his lap which meant he was knocked out in the second part of qualifying, ending up thirteenth fastest. Pool via REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Alex Albon was inconsistent. 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. Later in the race however Albon dropped back, finishing the race in 8th position. Another retirement would follow in the feature race at Le Castellet after he suffered an engine failure. [25] Another points finish came with an 8th-place finish in Monaco. Albon finished the race in 14th, ending a nine point-scoring streak. On 26 November 2018, it was confirmed that Albon had been released from his Nissan e.dams Formula E contract after rumours he was to sign for Toro Rosso. “GT racing in general is different,” the 25-year-old said. At the end of the season, Albon received the Rookie of the Year award at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony. After finishing fifth in both races at the Red Bull Ring, Albon won the feature race at Silverstone, before collecting two more wins at the sprint race at the Hungaroring, and the feature race at Sochi. After a crash in qualifying in Russia resulting in a pit lane start Albon came through the field to claim another 5th place. At the Monaco round, Albon qualified second on the grid with a time of 1:19.321 seconds. The Thai driver could only muster half as many points as his teammate in 2020. In Monaco, however, it was a weekend to forget for the Thai driver, as in the feature race, he collided with Nyck de Vries as he was entering the pitlane, spinning him around in the pitlane entrance, while in the sprint race he collided with Campos' Roy Nissany approaching the Nouvelle Chicane. Albon finished 10th and won the 'Driver Of The Day' award. Albon had sustained a broken collarbone whilst out on a mountain biking training ride, and was unable to compete due to the over-the-shoulder seat belts used in Formula 2.[18][19]. At his first race with Red Bull at the Belgian Grand Prix, Albon was forced to start from 17th on the grid due to a power unit change. [37] Albon took his maiden Formula One podium at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix, by overtaking Daniel Ricciardo on lap 51 after the second race restart. 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. Alexander Albon is flying the flag for Thailand in DTM with AF Corse and is a key member of the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team. While initially only confirmed for the opening round, he was later confirmed as full time driver for the team the following month. A pair of 6th-place finishes followed in Italy and Singapore. "Should Red Bull Racing definitively choose to replace Alexander Albon after this season, Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Pérez will be the only candidates to succeed him. But that's exactly what it did, On the 20th anniversary of the resumption of hostilities in the DTM, Autosport revisits a classic season that brought a staple of German motorsport back to life with a bang and set in motion the careers of some notable names. [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. 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.
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