Alex Albon is one of four rookies on the Formula 1 grid this year and an unexpected addition he was by Toro Rosso who felt he had done enough in his Formula 2 to warrant a promotion to the top flight. Despite a spin that had him red-faced on his first lap in an F1 car in Barcelona, he was unfazed and thereafter he did not put a foot wrong as he and his team impressed with a solid preseason showing. The mood ahead of Australia in the Red Bull junior camp is upbeat. Their rookie driver Albon, who is fired up for his big weekend ahead, said in the team's Australian Grand Prix preview, “After the sessions in Barcelona, I can’t wait to get to Melbourne and my first F1 race.' 'Before testing...
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