How unshackled Albon is taking inspiration from Hamilton and Vettel
No longer defined by being benched by Red Bull, Alex Albon is establishing himself as a worthy successor to George Russell in the lead seat at Williams – and, as STUART CODLING explains, he’s also following the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in using his profile to improve the lives of others
“I’m not young anymore. You just get to that point where you have to do a duty…”
Alex Albon is musing over his motivation to become a charity patron – the reason for that red barnet he’s been sporting since the Australian Grand Prix – but GP Racing feels compelled to intercede and remind him that, at 26, he’s hardly ‘not young’.
“It’s not old,” he laughs, “but it’s scary!”
While not quite one of the grandees of the grid, having just two full seasons of Formula 1 race experience in the bank, Albon has certainly had what reality TV types like to describe as ‘a journey’. He hasn’t quite cut ties with the Red Bull organisation which demoted him to a test-and-reserve role 16 months after promoting him from its junior team (“I have a relationship… but not in terms of, say, a contract this year”).
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