“Alex Albon Had About Four Calls”: Christian Horner reveals how Mercedes doesn’t want Red Bull’s reserve driver to join Williams in 2022
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Christian Horner and Red Bull are rigorously towards finding a seat for their reserve driver Alex Albon for the 2022 season. With major hopes of joining either Alfa Romeo and Williams, the Red Bull boss revealed an that Albon prefers Williams. But Mercedes who supply engines to the respective team are proving to be a roadblock.
Moreover, to add to this Horner also revealed that Mercedes have called Alex Albon ‘four times’ in order to steer him away from joining Williams. Talking about Albon joining Alfa Romeo, then their boss Franz Tost seem to have no interest in thinking about 25-years-old.
What was Revealed by Christian Horner?
“We are working really hard to get him a seat, I really hope that Mercedes don’t block his opportunity at Williams,” Christian Horner told Sky F1. “Because of his linkage to Red Bull, that would be a great shame if a driver were to pay the penalty for that. But hopefully that won’t come to play.”
Christian Horner added, “Alfa [Romeo] and Williams are the two that are showing a lot of interest, I think his preference would be Williams. But obviously there are a few hurdles. He’s had about four phone calls telling him not to go there from the team next door [Mercedes]. I told him to ignore them. But there are opportunities in a couple of teams, and our priority is to see him racing next year.
“If we can’t do that, then he’ll still be with us in a test and reserve role because we rate him extremely highly.”
The claims made by Horner are a direct contrast to those of Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, who said he would “never” attempt to block Albon.
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