💬 “Well it depends, either I’m called the London-born Thai if I do a good job, or I’m not British at all if I do a bad job!” Lewis_Larkam exclusively spoke to Alex Albon about the BritishGP, how he's become a better driver and his future ambitions
During 2021, Albon played a key behind-the-scenes role at Red Bull in the development of Verstappen’s title-winning RB17B. He subsequently earned a return to the grid with Williams for this season, taking the seat left vacant by Russell.Albon has not let Williams down. Despite being tasked with the daunting responsibility of continuing the brilliant work carried out by Russell between 2019-2021, the 26-year-old has flourished.
“I want to prove to people what I can do. So far at least, obviously it’s still very early in the season, but it’s been going really well. I definitely can’t complain.” “Of course 2020 wasn’t the most amazing year, but it wasn’t an easy year in terms of the experience that I had or the confidence in the car that I had.
“So yes, there is always that feeling where you are going into a year where you haven’t driven before, there’s that, ‘will I get up to speed okay?’