30 Days of BTG: Day 25 – How Alex Albon bounced back from Red Bull exit

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On 30 Days of Beyond The Grid, Day 25, Alex Albon talks about the impact of being dropped by Red Bull at the end of 2020 and how he fought his way back into Formula 1 with Williams.

Listen to Alex’s full chat with Tom Clarkson in 2022 here.

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0:43.2	I'm Tom Clarkson and today we're going to hear from Alex Albon.
0:48.0	Alex had a really strong year for Williams in 2023.
0:51.7	The team had finished last in the Constructors Championship in four of the previous five seasons.
0:57.0	But Alex produced some mega drives at Canada, Silverstone and Monza, among many others, to help the team secure P7 after a much needed year of progress under team principal James Vals.
1:09.0	The revival of Alex's career is huge testament to his resilience.
1:14.4	He was without a seat for 2021 after being dropped by Red Bull.
1:18.2	And we all know how brutal this sport can be, especially when you're Max Vistapan's teammate, and it's very easy to be forgotten
1:24.8	about when you're not on the grid for that amount of time.
1:28.0	It would have been pretty easy to give up, but Alex was 100% committed to keeping his Formula One dream alive.
1:37.0	It was announced that I wasn't, I was no longer going to be a race driver pretty late. I think it was maybe December.
1:47.0	Absolutely. They held until after the last race of 2020.
1:50.0	That was late for me too too obviously but you know they still
1:55.2	believed in me and they still trusted in me Christian helmet everyone at Redball and I
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