Alex Albon: a point to prove at Williams

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

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4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

He says it himself, Alex Albon is back in F1 wanting to prove a point. After a 2020 season in which he scored his first podiums, but ultimately failed to match Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen, he lost his race drive and spent 2012 on the side lines. ‘It killed me’, he says, ‘but the hunger never went away’. Alex tells Tom Clarkson how hard he worked behind the scenes to help Verstappen win the Drivers’ Championship, and to fight for his F1 return with Williams in 2022. Now Alex is revitalised. He feels smarter and more at peace with himself. He’s certainly lost none of his skill behind the wheel - in Australia he drove 57/58 laps on a single set of tyres to score his first point for Williams in only his third race – and his friendship with rivals Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz is as strong as ever. A round of golf with those guys sounds like a lot of fun…

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Nicholas Latifi, Alex’s Williams teammate

Jost Capito, Williams CEO and Team Principal

Christian Horner, Red Bull Team Principal

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0:21.7	Every single person in Formula One is under pressure.
0:25.2	Team principles, designers, engineers,
0:28.2	and perhaps most of all,
0:29.7	the drivers.
0:30.9	They're under pressure to get the most out of every race,
0:34.4	to finish ahead of their teammate
0:36.0	and at the top teams to win races.
0:39.0	In recent seasons, few drivers have felt those pressures,
0:42.6	like Alex Albon.
0:44.1	One of the races I was getting bashed in the like,
0:48.8	always your performance,
0:49.8	always your lap time, and I was like,
0:50.6	hold on a minute, it wasn't even that bad,
0:52.2	everyone chatted a bit.
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