... From me and my family Hope you guys had a nice day and are staying safe in isolation! Find everything in one place on Alex Albon including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis In qualifying, the grid was separated into two Groups due to safety concerns over the short and tight nature of the circuit. The change came after Gasly had struggled with Red Bull Racing RB15, having failed to keep on the same pace of now-former teammate Max Verstappen. Alexander Albon Ansusinha (Thai: อเล็กซานเดอร์ อัลบอน อังศุสิงห์, born 23 March 1996) is a British-Thai racing driver set to race in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Liam Lawson. After a retirement at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix and three consecutive finishes outside of the points, Albon produced a strong drive to finish in 6th place at the chaotic rain-affected 2019 German Grand Prix, however he was bested by Kvyat, who scored Toro Rosso's second ever podium in their Formula One history. In 2013 Albon joined KTR to race in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season alongside Yu Kanamaru and Ignazio D'Agosto finishing 16th out of 36 in the championship. [30] Red Bull said they are unsure why Albon lacked pace in the race. Oliver Rowland eventually pressured Albon into a mistake to take the lead of the race, although both still had an impending pitstop to make. Thai-British driver representing Toro Rosso during first half, probably getting fair amount of money from it. In the race, Albon lacked pace compared to his teammate, finishing over 10 seconds behind despite making one less stop than the Dutch driver. At the following race in China, Albon started from the pit lane after a heavy crash in Free Practice 3 and being unable to compete in qualifying. He confirmed that the bone was still "clearly broken" following an x-ray on the Tuesday before the race weekend, and explained that the main issue he is having in the car is a "numb feeling" from the scar he received during successful surgery after the crash. Albon finished the race in 14th, ending a nine point-scoring streak. The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent. After a year, he scored three podium finished and was the best driver without a win and became second runner up overall. After an aborted start due to Antonio Fuoco and Sean Gelael's engines stalling on the grid, Leclerc led into the first corner, followed by Albon. From karting Albon graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series where he drove for EPIC Racing in 2012 alongside Kevin Giovesi, Konstantin Tereschenko, Kevin Jörg, Dennis Wusthoff and Christof von Grunigen and finished 38th out of 49 in the championship after having a tough year and being unable to score points. Max Verstappen + Alex Albon = double podium joy in Bahrain Aston Martin Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen came home second at the Bahrain Grand Prix and was … F1 [10] Albon is known to practice Buddhism[11] and currently resides in both Monaco and Milton Keynes in close proximity to Red Bull Racing's headquarters. As the race resumed, Leclerc and Ghiotto began to scythe through the pack. With the fresh rubber, Albon and Rowland were staging a comeback with both drivers challenging for the podium toward the latter stages of the race, Albon later finished the race in 5th position. Red Bull says neither Sebastian Vettel nor Nico Hulkenberg were ever seriously considered for a 2021 Formula 1 race seat with the team. Whilst attempting to overtake Lewis Hamilton for second place, the two cars collided, sending Albon into the gravel, an incident for which Hamilton received a penalty. This is some text inside of a div block. In 2014 Albon raced alongside Gregor Ramsay, Jules Gounon and Callan O'Keefe and enjoyed a much more successful year. Albon started competitively racing karts in 2005 at the age of 8, competing locally and winning his local Hoddesdon Championship. He’s undeniably talented, but had the team not been so stubborn, they could have had better. His father Niger Albon was also a racer who competed in several high profile racing events such as Renault Clio Cup, Porsche Careera Cup and British Touring Car Championship back in 2005 to 2007. Guenther Steiner (born 7 April 1965) is an Italian motorsport engineer and manager. Filho do ex-piloto britânico Nigel Albon, Alexander iniciou a carreira disputando competições de kart, onde permaneceu até 2012, quando disputaria a Fórmula Renault 2.0 Alpes, e paralelamente atuava na divisão NEC da categoria.Seu melhor resultado foi um terceiro lugar na temporada 2014 da Eurocopa de Fórmula Renault 2.0. Albon had sustained a broken collarbone whilst out on a mountain biking training ride, and was unable to compete due to the over-the-shoulder seat belts used in Formula 2.[17][18]. Albon finished 10th and won the 'Driver Of The Day' award. Despite this, he did not pull off the track to retire – instead remaining on the track and gesturing to the marshals asking for a push-start. Recently Red Bull announced that he would replace Pierre Gasly and will drive Aston Martin Red Bull in order to make further decision about who will drive in future. 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Albon qualified in 4th for the Feature Race, however was later promoted to third on the provisional starting grid after Sérgio Sette Câmara was disqualified after the qualifying session after failing to provide the required 1 litre fuel sample. At his first race with Red Bull at the Belgian Grand Prix, Albon was forced to start from 17th on the grid due to a power unit change. In 2006 Albon started racing in the cadet class, finishing 1st at the Kartmasters British Grand Prix and participating in the Super 1 National Honda Cadet Championship finishing 1st in 2006 and 2nd in 2007. A concertina effect occurred at the Grand Hotel Hairpin as Canamasas was spun, causing Gelael to lose his front wing and bringing out a local yellow. In the sprint race, Albon started 4th on the grid and enjoyed a well fought battle with Leclerc for the majority of the race and after battling for a number of laps, Leclerc finally passed Albon for fifth place. On 26 November 2018, it was confirmed that Albon had been released from his Nissan e.dams Formula E contract after rumours he was to sign for Toro Rosso. (single, married, in relation or divorce). At the Monaco round, Albon qualified second on the grid with a time of 1:19.321 seconds. Born in the UK but of Thai descent, Albon races under the Thai flag but … In the following Hungarian Grand Prix, Albon finished 10th, after notably having a fierce battle with his teammate Daniil Kvyat during the race. Before leaving for Bhutan, I did my usual round of events. George Russell finished 14 th and Nicholas Latifi 18 th in the Portuguese Grand Prix; George started the race 14 th, with Nicholas lining up 20 th, both on the medium compound tyre; George ran a one-stop race, pitting on lap 36 for the Hard Pirelli tyre; Nicholas stopped once for the hard compound on lap 24 of the race He started the season with a fourth place in the feature race in Bahrain before finishing thirteenth in the sprint race. At the next two rounds in Barcelona and Monaco, Albon took two more pole positions but finished fifth in the feature race in Spain after getting away slowly while in the sprint he finished second behind Jack Aitken. Ending up on 6th place is his career’s best result so far for the 2019. In the interim, Albon has included a tribute to the country and its reigning family on his 2019 helmet livery. The dangerous position of the car initially brought out the virtual safety car and eventually, the safety car itself. [37] He took his second Formula One podium at the Bahrain GP after Sergio Pérez retired from third place due to engine failure.[38]. Afterwards he said he did not think the ban on qualifying engine modes hurt Red Bull despite the poor showing. [1] He stayed in Formula Renault 2.0 for two more seasons having secured a seat with KTR, finishing 16th in the 2013 championship and 3rd in 2014 championship. [36] Albon took his maiden Formula One podium at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix, by overtaking Daniel Ricciardo on lap 51 after the second race restart. [35] He ended the race in 15th position. Albon was able to continue but later retired from the race with an electrical failure likely caused by the clash. Albon was born at the Portland Hospital in London, England on 23 March 1996.His father, Nigel Albon is a former British racing driver who participated in the British Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup. [21][22] [7] Albon holds dual British and Thai nationality, but races under the Thai flag. Alex Albon Net Worth: Thai-British driver representing Toro Rosso during first half, probably getting fair amount of money from it. In 2017, Albon graduated to the FIA Formula 2 Championship, with ART. His place was taken by former F2 colleague Oliver Rowland, who previously competed in the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix as an injury replacement for Mahindra Racing's Nick Heidfeld. Finally, this season Albon aced the Tuscan Grand Prix. [5] He took his first podium, and the first podium for a Thai driver, at the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix..mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}. The car is one of the best on the grid, with Albon… [19] Albon finished the practice session in 8th, which showed that despite the injury, the chance for his first podium in Formula 2 was a possibility. Alex Albon rounded out the 2020 season with 4th position in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Aston Martin Red Bull Ring. Albon finished the season in 7th with 105 points and 2 podium finishes. Is Alexander Albon having any relationship affair? Sergio Canamasas ground to a halt on lap 10 owing to problems with the car. He would later score another podium at the sprint race at the season finale in Abu Dhabi, finishing in second after being overtaken by Leclerc on the final lap. In 2015, Albon switched to European Formula 3, racing at Signature with teammate Dorian Boccolacci. During this time Albon won the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, Formula Kart Stars Championship, KF Winter Series, Super 1 National KF3 Championship, CIK-FIA World Cup and CIK-FIA European Championship. He remained active in karting until 2011 and won CIK FIA World Cup and CIK FIA European Championship in the KF3 class in 2010. [24] Another points finish came with an 8th-place finish in Monaco. In the Sprint Race, Albon started 5th on the grid, and after a very tight race he dropped back to finish in 6th position. Albon had previously raced in Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso throughout the first half of 2019, before being promoted to Red Bull. Further, he was agonizingly close to a maiden podium in Brazil until Lewis Hamilton came tanking down his inside and tagged him off the track. He was once again unable to find a win at any of the 14 races but managed to get one pole position at the Nürburgring and finished 3rd in the drivers championship with 117 points. After a crash in qualifying in Russia resulting in a pit lane start Albon came through the field to claim another 5th place. [34], At the Italian GP, Albon qualified ninth, four places behind teammate Max Verstappen in P5. Formula 1 / Special feature. With Red … Later in the race, Albon found himself stuck behind the slower moving Norman Nato and Jordan King, which eventually caused him to lose places, finishing the race in a disappointing 4th position. While initially only confirmed for the opening round, he was later confirmed as full time driver for the team the following month. On the same day, Toro Rosso announced Albon would join the team for 2019 alongside Daniil Kvyat and thus Albon's relationship with the Red Bull Junior Team was restored. [12] He is currently in a relationship with Ladies Professional Golf Association player "Lily" Muni He.[13]. In April 2018, DAMS announced that they signed Albon for the 2018 season to partner Nicholas Latifi. He is currently the team principal of the Haas Formula One Team, and previously managing director of Jaguar Racing and technical operations director of its subsequent … That’s where my free parking card comes in handy. Alex Albon took his second Formula One podium at the Bahrain Grand Prix, taking 3rd position for Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and securing a double-podium finish for the team. View the profiles of people named Alex Albon. GP3 Series & F2 Growing up in Bures, Suffolk alongside a younger brother and three sisters,[7] Albon attended Ipswich School before leaving to pursue his professional racing career,[8][9] citing Michael Schumacher and Valentino Rossi as being inspirational figures when he was younger. Meet Alex Albon, Thailand's Formula 1 Racer By Mari Carmen Dávila April 11, 2019 The 23-year-old is the first Thai to score World Championship points since Prince Bira in 1954 In 2011 However in 2011 he ended up being a runner up in KF1 class of the WSK Euro Series and CIK FIA World Championship. His fortune and net worth figures stands out around $1million which includes $650k base salary with contract and other endorsements.eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'starswiki_net-medrectangle-4','ezslot_2',104,'0','0'])); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. He finished 10th in the drivers' championship in his first F2 season, scoring 86 points. At one stage he was coming under pressure from Sergio Pérez in his Racing Point RP20, before the Mexican fell back with front wing damage after contact with Albon following a failed overtake attempt, leaving Albon to finish 4th. [15] His teammate for the season would be Nobuharu Matsushita, who at the time was also signed as a development driver for McLaren. His fifth place finish came under threat as Red Bull were summoned to the stewards for artificially drying Albon's grid slot,[32] but he wasn't penalised. He was replaced as a race driver by Sergio Pérez at Red Bull for the 2021 season and was subsequently demoted to his current role. Later in the race however Albon dropped back, finishing the race in 8th position. Carreira. [6] His mother Kankamol, is from Thailand. Hamilton later received a penalty for causing the collision. [33] Albon finished the Belgian Grand Prix in sixth position after being passed by Renault driver Esteban Ocon on the last lap. Albon missed the Baku round of the Championship due to injury. 964.6k Followers, 363 Following, 238 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Alex Albon (@alex_albon) Pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race. Official results for Formula 1 driver Alex Albon on Sky Sports. In 2013, he joined KTR motosports and finished his best result so far being at fifth place and improved his overall ranking to 16th. Alex Albon will join Red Bull from Toro Rosso after the summer break. He’s a three-time All-Pro champion and two-time Super Bowl champion.. … Albon may be over a year older than Verstappen but he only made his debut in the sport a year ago, before going on to enjoy an excellent rookie year. Albon was given a seat once again by ART in 2017[3] to race in the FIA Formula 2 Championship where he finished his maiden year in 10th position. [31], While lapping in qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Albon was held up in traffic, compromising his lap which meant he was knocked out in the second part of qualifying, ending up thirteenth fastest. He spent most of his childhood days in the Ipswich School and in order to pursue his professional racing career, he left school. Albon was signed by Nissan e.dams alongside Sébastien Buemi as one of its drivers for the 2018–19 Formula E season, but he was released before the start of the season to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One season for Toro Rosso. [39] Following his demotion, Albon said "it hurts" but insisted that he isn't giving up and hopes to soon return to F1 with Red Bull. 2020 Season. [41], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap). At the Bahrain Grand Prix, the second race of Albon's Formula One career, he finished 9th to score his first points. He finished the 2013 season with 22 points. However, he produced a fine drive and after passing Sergio Pérez on the final lap Albon crossed the line in 5th place. [4] After making his 2019 Formula One début with Toro Rosso alongside experienced Russian Daniil Kvyat, Albon replaced Pierre Gasly at Red Bull Racing with Gasly taking Albon’s place at Toro Rosso effective from the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix. Another retirement would follow in the feature race at Le Castellet after he suffered an engine failure. Despite born in London, he holds Thai citizenship because his mother was from Thailand. Join Facebook to connect with Alex Albon and others you may know. Rodney Harrison with the Super Bowl trophy. But that’s just one example of how Albon’s route to a drive in a race-winning Formula 1 car has been so improbable. For the next round in Baku, Albon started from pole for the feature race and followed it up with his first win in F2, while in the sprint race he finished thirteenth again. Report. A pair of 6th-place finishes followed in Italy and Singapore. We desperately need him realising more of the potential of the car."[26]. "King Rama IX did a lot of charity work, a lot for the working class and he passed away in 2016. Alex Albon says the change that came with his mid-year move to Red Bull was “almost like starting back at square one” midway through his rookie Formula 1 season. Alexander Albon is British automobile racer who drives for the Red Bull Racing. His father, Nigel Albon is a former British racing driver who participated in the British Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup. At the final race in Abu Dhabi, Albon was a contender to finish 6th in the standings, but by finishing 6th in the race, he was unable to outscore Carlos Sainz Jr. and Pierre Gasly and finished his debut season in Formula One 8th in the standings with 92 points. Alex Albon admits he is his family's very own Uber driver as he drops them off and picks them up around Milton Keynes Credit: Getty Images - Getty. For the sprint race Albon qualified 3rd on the grid, behind Luca Ghiotto and his teammate, Matsushita. [27] At the opening race in Austria, Albon started in fourth place and spent much of the race in third after teammate Verstappen retired. Alex Albon autographs a cap for our editor at the Moose Craft Cider event Alex Albon For Moose Craft Cider. A stall on the grid in the feature race at Abu Dhabi ended his title chances; he finished fourteenth in the feature race and eighth in the sprint race, leaving him third in the drivers' championship behind fellow future F1 drivers George Russell and Lando Norris. His fortune and net worth figures stands out around $1million which includes $650k base salary with contract and other endorsements. Nov 16, 2020. Albon and Verstappen set identical lap times in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, and Albon finished a career-best 4th in the race. 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According to internet sources, he has a net worth of $1 million and annually earns a basic salary of $650,000. He is also the current reserve and development driver for Red Bull Racing in Formula One having raced for the team from the middle of the 2019 season to the end of the 2020 season. He was born on 23rd March 1996 in London, United Kingdom and just after sometime of entering in karting, he seen great run and won so many events from 2006 to 2010. Alex Albon claimed his first Formula One Esports Virtual Grand Prix win, denying Charles Leclerc a third straight success. "In Thailand, the royal family are extremely highly respected and King Rama IX was one of the most respected people in Thailand," he said.