Alex Albon did all that was asked of him in his first session for Red Bull, when he ended the morning's Belgian Grand Prix FP1 session fourth fastest and remarkably close to his much-vaunted teammate's pace around the challenging Spa-Francorchamps. The FP1 timesheets show that Albon was a mere 0.o77 of a second shy of Max Verstappen's best effort, this on the Thai driver's first session in the RB10. Indeed these are very early days in the 23-year-old's Red Bull career, but the first box he had to tick was done with ease as he will no doubt be boosted by the result, and his team will be pleasantly surprised by their driver's first steps. In contrast, the man he replaced, Pierre Gasly was on...
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