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The anniversary of Albon: From almost failed career to dreamed place in F1

The anniversary of Albon: From almost failed career to dreamed place in F1

23-03-2020 12:22

GPblog.com

More than a year ago Alexander Albon signed a contract for a seat in Formula E, but now the Thai is under contract with Red Bull Racing. A great career turnaround for Albon who today turned 24 years old.

Albon has impressed karting from an early age and is picked up by Red Bull's training program. Helmut Marko is impressed by the Thai, who races in England, but has the racing license put on his Thai nationality. However, the Red Bull training programme does not give any presents, as appears to be the case for Albon.

The Thai nationality

The Thai are going to the formula cars in 2012, but they don't want to go there. With his mother in jail for fraud, there is a lot of pressure on the shoulders of head of the family Alex and that takes too much mental effort. He does not reach his usual level and will be expelled from the academy at the end of the season.

The Thai nationality does come in handy for Albon now, because with the help of some Thai sponsors he can continue to race. If the home situation improves, he will also perform better again. Albon is third in Eurocup Formula Renault, second in the GP3 championship and third in his second season in Formula 2.

Still the Formula 1

It doesn't seem good enough for Formula 1 at the end of 2018, but all of a sudden Helmut Marko rings the bell. If he wants to fill the spot at Toro Rosso. Albon does that properly, without even a day of testing in an F1 car, and is looking forward to replacing Pierre Gasly at Red Bull Racing in the summer.

All of a sudden it's all in high gear for Albon, who was still hesitating to continue at the beginning of his Formula career. However, he persevered and now has a nice spot in Formula 1. At Red Bull, however, you don't get anything as a gift, so he will have to fight hard for it again in 2020.