Alexander Albon on the "shock'' of Formula 1

Alexander Albon took to the track in a Formula 1 car for the first time today and it wasn't long until he spun out! After four corners the debutant spun but quickly got back on track to continue a solid day of testing. Speaking after his stint on track, Albon opened up on the step up he experienced.  

"The morning was a little bit difficult, to be honest, I didn't want to think about it too much, and Kimi did it yesterday so that kind of reassured me a little bit," Albon said about his spin.

"It was okay, it was a good experience. The high-speed stuff is still new to me, it was a bit of a shock, but I'll get used to it," Albon said to GPToday. 

"I did a filming day previously so it wasn't a total shock and we've been quite a lot of time in the simulator for this very reason. So the feeling was that I knew what the car could do, but once you have the G-Forces and you have the speed going, it does take a while.

"You know in your mind what you can do to the car, but doing it is a different story. It took a while to build up and there is some margin left but it felt okay. But these cars, there's so much grip, the braking, the feeling in general, it can't come to you straight away."

Albon will build his confidence and experience over the next few sessions before the season starts on March the 17th.