Alexander Albon

Horner insists that there is no plan to replace the British-Thai driver for the final races, despite that being an obvious opportunity to give some early mileage to a potential replacement should the decision be made to make a change.<br>Horner noted in Portugal last weekend that Albon had to show signs of progress relative to team mate Max Verstappen in Portugal and "particularly Imola," hinting ...

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Albon’s future has been the subject of speculation recently amid struggles to match the pace of teammate Max Verstappen. He currently has 64 points compared to the 147 of the Dutchman.<br>Meanwhile Pierre Gasly’s strong form at AlphaTauri suggested that he might be given a second chance at RBR should Albon be dropped.<br>However Red Bull motor sport chief Helmut Marko hinted recently that the ...

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Horner believes that the Thai/British driver would have been challenging for a podium had he not retired, despite an early pit stop that compromised his race.<br>Albon locked up on the first lap and the subsequent vibration issue led to a pit visit on lap 8, which was significantly earlier than planned.<br>He dropped to the back of the field. However he was making good progress and had survived ...

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The Thai driver has had his work cut out getting on top of the tricky Red Bull RB16, and his job has not been made any easier by being up against the relentless pace and experience of Verstappen.<br>But while matching Verstappen’s speed is no easy feat, Albon has told Motorsport.com that he has found benefit from having such a good benchmark to learn from.<br>Asked if he felt having a teammate ...

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The Thai driver has faced some difficulties this year getting comfortable with the tricky aerodynamic imbalances that the RB16 has suffered from on occasion.<br>And although he was able to take a breakthrough maiden podium finish at the Tuscan Grand Prix, he is clear that he still needs to extract some more speed from his car – especially in qualifying.<br>Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com ...

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The Thai driver has suffered from the inconsistent balance of the RB16 this year, with teammate Max Verstappen better able to deal with the tricky handling characteristics.<br>While it was hoped a confidence-boosting podium finish for Albon at the Tuscan Grand Prix was a sign that he had got on top of things, he endured a challenging time in Russia.<br>He was baffled as to why he ended up 1.1 ...

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Albon had been due to start the race in Sochi from 10th on the grid, but will now drop back to 15th as a result of the sanction, while Latifi will fall from 19th to 20th.<br>FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer confirmed in his pre-race report that both Red Bull and Williams had requested the gearbox changes on Saturday night.<br>“The gearbox has been replaced with the approval of the FIA technical ...

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Albon arrived in Russia looking to build on his maiden F1 podium at the Tuscan Grand Prix two weeks ago, only to slump to 10th in qualifying in Sochi on Saturday.<br>Albon finished Q3 1.7 seconds off the pole position time set by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, and was over 1.1 seconds back from Red Bull teammate Verstappen, who qualified second.<br>But Albon said he was “not too sure” where his ...

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Albon has been in the spotlight this season because he has struggled to match the pace of teammate Max Verstappen in qualifying, although his race performances have usually been impressive, and at Mugello last weekend he finally logged his first podium with third place.<br>Meanwhile, Pierre Gasly, the man he replaced at Red Bull in the middle of 2019, has rebuilt his reputation with a strong ...

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The Australian tried in vain to harry the Red Bull driver into a mistake, and eventually had to settle for fourth, matching the result he achieved at Spa.<br>Ricciardo ran a comfortable third for the middle part of the Mugello race, and after the third and final standing start he even briefly ran second, having got ahead of the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.<br>The Finn soon re-passed him, and then ...

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After what has been a frustrating season for the Thai driver up to now, he finally delivered a podium finish at the Tuscan Grand Prix with a well-judged drive to third.<br>Horner is convinced that Albon will take a huge confidence boost from the result, which has come against the backdrop of recent debate about whether or not Red Bull should bring back Pierre Gasly after his Italian GP ...

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Albon qualified fourth for the Tuscan GP, 0.445s behind teammate Max Verstappen. Although he also started from that position at the opening race of the season in Austria he was actually fifth fastest on that occasion, and benefitted from a penalty for Lewis Hamilton.<br>Albon has struggled to get the best out of the car in qualifying this year, but he insists that he is getting more ...

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In the wake of Gasly's shock victory for AlphaTauri at the Italian Grand Prix last weekend, the Frenchman has been linked with a potential return to Red Bull.<br>Gasly was demoted from Red Bull back to its sister team - then known as Toro Rosso - after just 12 races in 2019, with Albon moving in the opposite direction.<br>The win was the latest impressive result for Gasly in 2020, which, coupled ...

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Albon finished a frustrated 15th at Monza after a race compromised by floor damage and a five-second penalty after an early incident with Romain Grosjean.<br>The Thai/British driver currently has 48 points compared to the 110 of teammate Max Verstappen, and even before his Italian victory Gasly’s strong form with AlphaTauri in 2020 led to speculation that he was in a good position to ...

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Albon struggled at points earlier in the season with the unpredictable and skittish 2020 Red Bull car, and has failed to match teammate Max Verstappen's pace so far this year, scoring less than half as many points.<br>But after reporting greater confidence with the RB16 in practice on Friday, Albon put in one his best qualifying displays of the season so far by taking fifth on the grid, finishing ...

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Although the Thai driver's average qualifying position of P9 is five places further back than teammate Max Verstappen, and in races it is P7 v P2, Marko says Red Bull's analysis offers a better insight into his form.<br>Marko cites the fact that at Silverstone, Albon was the quickest man on track at some points of both races – which shows the potential to do well is there if he can lift his ...

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Albon has struggled to match teammate Max Verstappen’s pace throughout the opening six races of the 2020 season, citing struggles with the “sensitive” Red Bull car.<br>The Anglo-Thai driver recorded his best qualifying result since the opening race in Austria by taking sixth on the grid in Spain.<br>But Albon could only finish eighth after failing to match the pace of the ...

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Magnussen crashed out at the end of the opening lap of Sunday's race at Silverstone after being hit by Albon at the final corner.<br>A mistake by Magnussen exiting the penultimate corner left him out of shape for Club, opening the door for Albon to try and overtake up the inside.<br>But Albon soon found there was not enough room to pass the Haas car, resulting in contact despite a late attempt to ...

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Albon crashed out during second practice on Friday before an electrical issue sidelined him in FP3, leaving him with limited track time heading into qualifying.<br>Albon was eliminated in Q2 for the second race in a row, qualifying 12th, and then collided with Kevin Magnussen at the end of the opening lap of the race, leading to a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.<br>The Red Bull ...

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The Thai driver has struggled to get up to speed in qualifying this year, and in an effort to address his problems veteran race engineer Simon Rennie returned to track duty with him at Silverstone this weekend.<br>However a heavy crash on Friday hampered Albon’s progress and he lost more time with PU issues on Saturday morning. In qualifying he had to settle for 12th, while team mate Max ...

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Following an encouraging start to Friday practice as new parts helped his RB16 feel more hooked up, the Thai driver had been put on the back foot after suffering a hefty crash at Stowe that forced a car rebuild overnight.<br>Having lost further track time on Saturday morning thanks to an electric problem in final practice, Albon never felt on top of things – and was at a loss to explain why he ...

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Albon had set the second fastest time overall in the afternoon’s second free practice session before he had an off at Stowe Corner that pitched him into the barriers at high speed.<br>The 20G impact was enough to prompt a visit to the medical centre for a check over, but he was released after being given the all clear. Despite the incident – which Albon has no clear explanation for – he said ...

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time in the first session using soft tyres, almost half a second clear of world championship-leader Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, who set his time on the medium rubber.<br>Stroll was third quickest in FP1, with new Racing Point teammate Nico Hulkenberg, making his F1 return in place of the Covid-positive Sergio Perez, in ninth place, just over a second off ...

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Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finished third and fifth – either side of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc – while Max Verstappen ended up 14th in the other Red Bull after an angry altercation with Romain Grosjean on his own soft-tyre effort.<br>In 36-degree heat at a sweltering Silverstone, the action took a while to get going for the second 90-minute session of the day.<br>Renault's Daniel ...

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Rennie is best known for working with Mark Webber in his final 2013 campaign and with Daniel Ricciardo from 2014 to 2018 as he developed into a race winner.<br>He elected to take a factory role after that, and his desire to step back played a part in Ricciardo's decision to leave the team at the end of that year and join Renault.<br>With Albon having had a challenging start to 2020 and ...

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