“I still consider myself as Thai,” Alex Albon refuses to class the British GP as his home race


“I still consider myself as Thai,” Alex Albon refuses to class the British GP as his home race

Alex Albon

It’s round 2 for Thai driver, Alex Albon, who was with Red Bull after making a move from Toro Rosso in 2019. It was at the time when Christian Horner was looking for an ideal wingman for Max Verstappen. After Daniel Ricciardo shockingly left in 2018, Pierre Gasly was promoted to drive along Max, but the Frenchman was unable to soak in the pressure of driving for a top of the grid and was replaced by Alex Albon mid season.

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Nine races were left for Alex Albon to leave a positive impression on Horner, which would allow him to keep that coveted seat in 2020. After some decent performances, it was confirmed that the Thai driver will be retained by Red Bull. In a year which saw a blend of some impressive performances and some bad luck, Alex was able to finish 7th in the championship with 105 points, which didn’t prove to be enough.

Alex Albon was demoted to be test driver and coach to youngster, Yuki Tsunoda, after the signing of Sergio Perez. After a year staying there, he is back full time as a driver for Williams. It’s been a decent start of the season with 3 points on the board. We all know how difficult it is for any driver to score points for Williams but Alex has been able to adapt well.

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Alex Albon believes British GP is not his home race despite his father being from Britain

Alex Albon
Alex Albon

We now move to Silverstone and the Williams driver has made some interesting remarks ahead of the British GP. He said, “I still consider myself as Thai, truthfully. My mum is Thai, I spent a lot of time as a kid in Thailand.” 

“There is a part of me that does feel British as well. If there was a way to have a dual nationality racing licence, as there is in a passport, I would do it. But obviously it doesn’t work like that, unfortunately.” 

“I would call it a second home race. Well it depends, either I’m called the London-born Thai if I do a good job, or I’m not British at all if I do a bad job!” as reported by crash.

Alex Albon has been one of the finds of the last few races. All the fans across the world have already accepted him and will continue to do so if he keeps doing what he is doing.

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