Williams CEO and team principal Jost Capito says that negotiations to hire Alex Albon to replace George Russell at the team in 2022 were not as difficult or complicated as they might have appeared to the outside. Albon had long been part of the Red Bull junior driver development programme. He made his Formula 1 debut with the junior Toro Rosso squad in Australia at the start of 2019 and was subsequently promoted to the senior team over the summer break. But after 24 races with Red Bull Albon was let go in favour of the more experienced Sergio Perez, although he remained with the team as test and reserve driver. Read also: Albon and Latifi to have equal status say Williams When Russell...
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