Alexander Albon

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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Albon finished fifth in Budapest after failing to make Q3 when caught out by a lack of running with a set-up introduced on Saturday morning.<br>His charge into the top five from 13th on the grid followed a solid fourth in the Styrian GP, where his first stint was compromised by tyre issues.<br>Inevitably, Albon has been under pressure to match the form of teammate Max Verstappen ...

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Rain in the build-up to the start of the race at the Hungaroring prompted FIA race director Michael Masi to issue an update on inclement weather to all teams.<br>The teams were permitted to erect tent structures to keep the grid slots dry, but none chose to do so.<br>Masi informed the teams they were "not permitted to use any means to artificially dry the track, including but not limited to grid ...

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<br>Albon has endured difficulties with a skittish RB16 at the Hungaroring, complaining of understeer during practice and eventually dropping out in the second part of qualifying. <br><br><br>His teammate Max Verstappen got into the third part of qualifying, but only managed seventh, having been 1.4s off Sunday’s polesitter Lewis Hamilton. <br><br><br>After a tricky pair of ...

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Albon is under pressure to perform well against teammate Max Verstappen, and while the British/Thai driver finished a solid fourth in the Styrian GP, he couldn’t match the Dutchman’s form over the course of the weekend.<br>In the Austrian GP Verstappen retired early and Albon had a podium in his sights when he tangled with Lewis Hamilton, who subsequently received a penalty.<br><br>Read ...

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Just one week on from Albon having had a chance of winning the season opener in Austria before a collision with Lewis Hamilton, the Thai driver was unable to match the pace of the cars ahead of him.<br>He eventually finished fourth, 44 seconds behind race winner Hamilton, with teammate Max Verstappen able to finish third despite making an extra late pit stop to try to earn the fastest ...

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Albon had to settle for seventh place, five positions and 0.582s behind teammate Max Verstappen, but was convinced that he should have qualified just behind the Dutchman.<br>The British/Thai driver said that he was happier with the car this weekend, although he still found it tricky on the limit, having spun several times during the weekend.<br>“Q3 was looking okay,” he said when asked by ...

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The Red Bull driver felt certain he was on course for a maiden F1 race win in last weekend's Austrian Grand Prix prior to the collision with Hamilton when battling for second.<br>But after being hit by Hamilton, who received a five-second time penalty for the incident, Albon later retired with an electrical issue with his Red Bull car.<br>Having suffered a second clash with the Mercedes driver in ...

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In Austria the pair made contact after the final safety car restart when Albon – who was on fresher tyres – made a bold overtaking move on the outside of Hamilton.<br>The incident closer mirrored one at the penultimate race of 2019 in Brazil, when Albon also tried to pass in the closing laps.<br>On both occasions Albon was sent spinning and lost a shot at a podium finish, and Hamilton was ...

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Hamilton was battling Albon after the final safety car period of the race when they clashed at Turn 4, as the Red Bull tried to go around the outside.<br>The stewards investigated the incident and decided that Hamilton was at fault and should have given his Thai rival more room.<br>Speaking about the incident, Wolff felt that Hamilton could not have done anything differently, as he was already on ...

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Albon spent much of the race running third behind the two leading Mercedes, but was able to pit for a fresh set of soft tyres after the safety car was called for a second time with 20 laps to go.<br>Mercedes opted to keep both race leader Valtteri Bottas and second-placed Hamilton out on their hard tyres, which had already completed 25 laps by that point.<br>Albon sat third on the restart and was ...

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Albon completed the allowed 100kms on Pirelli’s demo tyres after an absence of 118 days since he took part in winter testing at Barcelona.<br>Teammate Max Verstappen was absent due to potential travel and quarantine issues and the fact that the low amount of mileage meant there was little point in splitting it between two drivers.<br>Albon noted that despite the long break he felt ...

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With Albon having joined a host of top name stars in venturing into Esports competition during the coronavirus lockdown, he says his eyes have been opened up to a new world of competition and getting close to his followers.<br>The Thai driver thinks that the interactions with fans that they have made on streaming platforms like Twitch is something that will be maintained in the future, even if it ...

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After Red Bull decided to send Pierre Gasly back to Toro Rosso just 12 races into the 2019 campaign, it passed over the more experienced Kvyat - who had previously raced for the team in 2015 and 2016 - for the seat.<br>The team instead opted to promote F1 rookie Albon as Max Verstappen’s new teammate, even though Kvyat had scored Toro Rosso’s second-ever podium just weeks earlier at the ...

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Albon vaulted into the lead at the start of the race, with two-time Virtual GP winner Leclerc following him into second place as polesitter Stoffel Vandoorne suffered a nightmare start.<br>Mercedes reserve driver Vandoorne had a sluggish getaway from pole and collided with Ferrari junior Enzo Fittipaldi and Williams driver George Russell.<br>Russell fell to fourth place while both Vandoorne and ...

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Leclerc dominated on his series debut last time out at the virtual Albert Park circuit, however, he faced much tougher opposition during the Chinese GP replacement event which featured seven F1 drivers.<br>Leclerc took pole ahead of Williams F1 driver George Russell, who was furious to receive a five-place grid drop for illegal blocking in qualifying.<br>This promoted Albon to the front row ...

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Leclerc and Albon will both be making their debuts in the official F1 Eseries, as will Williams driver George Russell.<br>Lando Norris and Nicholas Latifi will return for a second appearance.<br>That group of current F1 drivers will be joined by Johnny Herbert, off the back of his 13th place in the Bahrain race, as well as England cricketing superstar Ben Stokes.<br>Supercars regular Andre ...

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The Melbourne race is set to go ahead this weekend despite the developing situation regarding the spread of COVID-19 across the world.<br>Autograph sessions that were scheduled to be held at Albert Park will be replaced by Q&A interviews, and press events organised for the build-up to the race have been impacted, as teams implement measures to reduce interactions for their drivers.<br>Albon ...

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