Alexander Albon

Alexander Albon

Nation:	Thailand
Formula 1 world championship
Status:	active
Start number :	23
First start:	2019 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
2019 Toro Rosso • 2019-2020 Red Bull
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup eighth ( 2019 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 28 - - -
World Cup points :	140
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-
Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

Alexander "Alex" Albon (born March 23, 1996 in London ) is a British - Thai racing driver . In 2010 he became European kart champion. He started in 2017 and 2018 in the FIA Formula 2 Championship , which he finished third in 2018. In 2019 he made his debut in Formula 1 .

Career

Albon began his motorsport career in karting , in which he remained active until 2011. He won several kart championships in Great Britain. In 2010 he won the CIK-FIA World Cup and the CIK-FIA European Championship in the KF3 class. In 2011 he finished second in the KF1 class of the WSK Euro Series and the CIK-FIA World Championship.

In 2012 Albon switched to formula racing and received a cockpit in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup at EPIC Racing . He remained without points and reached 38th place overall. In addition, he started for EPIC 2012 in the Alpine Formula Renault . Here he finished 16th in the drivers' championship with a fifth place as the best result. At the end of the season, his sponsorship by Red Bull ended and he was accepted into the Lotus sponsorship program. In 2013, Albon moved to KTR within the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . With a fifth place as the best result, he improved to 16th place in the overall classification. He also took part in two North European Formula Renault events . He achieved a podium placement with a second place. In 2014 Albon stayed with KTR in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. He achieved three podiums and, as the best driver without a win, was third overall. He also completed three racing weekends in the northern European Formula Renault and won one race.

Alexander Albon at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

In 2015 Albon moved to Signature in the European Formula 3 championship . He finished second three times and finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' standings. In 2016 , Albon received a cockpit for the GP3 series at the ART Grand Prix . With four wins, no driver has won more races than him. Nevertheless, he was defeated in the championship by his teammate Charles Leclerc and finished second overall with 177 to 202 points.

Alexander Albon at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg in 2018

In 2017 , Albon stayed at ART Grand Prix and switched to the FIA Formula 2 championship . He achieved his best race results with two second places. He finished the championship with 84 points in 10th place. In 2018 he started again in Formula 2 for DAMS . He finished the season in third place.

For the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19 , Albon originally had a contract with Nissan e.dams . Albon was registered as a regular driver on the official registration list for the official test drives before the season and also traveled to Valencia. However, he left the test drives prematurely without getting into the car as he began negotiations with Scuderia Toro Rosso with the aim of contesting the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship for the team. Less than three weeks before the start of the season, Nissan finally announced the termination of the contract with Albon. Toro Rosso then confirmed Albon for the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship. This made Albon the first Thai Formula 1 driver since Prince Bira . For his career he chose 23 as his permanent starting number. He finished his debut race in Australia in 14th place. He then scored his first points in ninth place in Bahrain . His best result for Scuderia Toro Rosso came in sixth at the German Grand Prix . After the Hungarian Grand Prix it was announced that he would be starting the Belgian Grand Prix for sister team Red Bull Racing as a new team-mate of Max Verstappen . There he replaced Pierre Gasly , who moved back to Toro Rosso. At the Belgian Grand Prix , his first race for Red Bull, he finished fifth. In Japan he achieved his best result to date in fourth. At the end of the season he finished eighth overall with 92 points.

Also in 2020 Albon starts again for Red Bull. At the Grand Prix of Styria , he equaled his best result of fourth in the Grand Prix of Japan from the previous year. After the seventh race, he is currently fourth in the drivers' standings with 48 points.

Personal

Alexander Albon is the son of British racing driver Nigel Albon . He has both British and Thai citizenship as his mother is Thai. In racing, he competes with a Thai license.

statistics

Career stations

2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (38th place) 2012: Alpine Formula Renault (16th place) 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (16th place) 2013: Northern European Formula Renault (22nd place)

2014: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (3rd place) 2014: Northern European Formula Renault (17th place) 2015 : European Formula 3 (7th place) 2016 : GP3 series (2nd place)

2017 : Formula 2 (10th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (3rd place) 2019 : Formula 1 (8th place) 2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2015	Signature	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			187	7th
			4th	6th	6th	13	8th	9	5	7th	NC	21st	WD	WD	3	16	9	5	2	3	7th	4th	8th	7th	5	8th	2	12	DNF	12	14th	11	11	DNF	2

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	ART Grand Prix	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		177	2.
		6th	1	2	2	1	14th	7th	1	4th	DNF	9	10	6th	2	1	8th	DNF	DNF

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2017	ART Grand Prix	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				84	10.
		6th	7th	5	8th	4th	6th	INJ	INJ	5	2	18th	10	8th	7th	12	18th	14th	8th	12	9	7th	2
2018	DAMS	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		212	3.
		4th	13	1	13	5	2	DNF	DNF	NC	7th	5	5	1	7th	5	1	5	3	3	DNF	1	3	14th	8th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2019	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	12	-	-	-	-	-	16	8th.
	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	9	-	-	-	-	-	76
2020	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull Racing RB16	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	48	4th
total				28	-	-	-	-	-	140

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2019
	14th	9	10	11	11	8th	DNF	15th	15th	12	6th	10	5	6th	6th	5	4th	5	5	14th	6th
2020
	13 *	4th	5	8th	5	8th	6th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Alexander Albon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Alexander Albon (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} MSA praises Albon's European karting title. gpupdate.net, July 17, 2010, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Peter Allen: Lotus F1 unique seven-man junior team. paddockscout.com, February 15, 2013, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Peter Allen: Lotus F1 juniors Albon and Boccolacci to race for Signature in F3. paddockscout.com, January 14, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: GP3 runner-up Albon confirmed for GP2 2017 promotion. motorsport.com, February 22, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Formula 2 2018 team-by-team season preview. formulascout.com, April 5, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E: Nissan e.dams sign Sebastien Buemi & Alex Albon. e-formel.de, September 20, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Timo Pape: Officially: Nissan e.dams separates from Alex Albon, who changes to Formula 1. e-Formel.de, November 26, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Stefan Ehlen: Toro Rosso confirms Alexander Albon for Formula 1 2019. Motorsprot-Total.com, November 26, 2018, accessed on November 26, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Surprise: Red Bull replaces Gasly from Belgium with Albon! - Formula1.de-F1-News. Retrieved August 12, 2019 .