© LAT Images Albon doing better than results suggest – Marko Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Alex Albon is doing a better job than his 2020 Formula 1 results suggest. Although the Thai driver’s average qualifying position of P9 is five places further back than team-mate Max Verstappen, […]
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Alex Albon’s change of Formula 1 race engineer was prompted by the need to have someone with more experience helping him out, rather than any problem with his predecessor. Red Bull announced ahead of the British Grand Prix that Daniel Ricciardo’s former race engineer Simon Rennie, who has had a […]
Alex Albon feels balance struggles dashed his hopes of a strong showing in qualifying for the British Grand Prix, as the Red Bull driver failed to escape from Q2. Following an encouraging start to Friday practice as new parts helped his RB16 feel more hooked up, the Thai driver had […]
Racing Point’s Lance Stroll topped the second practice session for Formula 1’s 2020 British Grand Prix ahead of Alexander Albon, who crashed his Red Bull midway through the session. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton finished third and fifth – either side of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – as they could not […]
Red Bull has shuffled its Formula 1 technical team, with the experienced Simon Rennie returning to trackside action from this weekend’s British Grand Prix as Alex Albon’s new race engineer. Rennie is best known for working with Mark Webber in his final 2013 campaign and with Daniel Ricciardo between 2014 […]
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Alex Albon did “a super job” in the Hungarian GP, suggesting he should not be criticised for his 2020 Formula 1 performances so far. Albon finished fifth in Budapest after failing to make Q3 when caught out by a lack of running with a […]
Max Verstappen says George Russell should focus on his own car instead of “speaking for someone else” following the Williams Formula 1 driver’s comments about Alexander Albon in Hungary. Russell reached Q2 for the second race in a row by qualifying 12th for Williams at the Hungaroring, one place ahead […]
Williams’ George Russell says that Alex Albon is “being made to look like an idiot” after the Red Bull driver struggled to 13th in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. Albon has endured difficulties with a skittish RB16 at the Hungaroring, complaining of understeer during practice and eventually dropping out in the […]
Ahead of the weekend it was announced that Red Bull would be shuffling its trackside engineering staff around and bringing Simon Rennie back to engineer Alex Albon. But the way Albon’s former engineer Mike Lugg has been treated seems a bit harsh. If the public reason for the change was […]
Red Bull’s Alex Albon says there’s no need “to panic” after a difficult start to 2020 – and he’s confident he can improve with more time in the car. Albon had a strong race in the delayed 2020 Formula 1 opener, the Austrian Grand Prix, where he was confident of […]
Haas boss Gunther Steiner says Formula 1’s penalty system isn’t “working right” after Red Bull’s Alex Albon was penalised five seconds for hitting Kevin Magnussen at the British Grand Prix. The lap one incident resulted in Magnussen firing into the barriers on the exit of the final corner and retiring […]
Alexander Albon needs a “straightforward, boring” weekend to return to form after a difficult British Grand Prix, according to Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner. Albon crashed out during second practice on Friday before an electrical issue sidelined him in FP3, leaving him with limited track time heading into […]