How Albon’s career stability is aiding Williams in its F1 recovery
From hanging on to an F1 seat by his proverbial fingertips, Alex Albon has established himself as a star in the making. So now, like the team itself, OLEG KARPOV discovers that life isn’t just a case of surviving from race to race – Williams is a team being rebuilt around him as the driver to lead it to future glories
On the Tuesday following the Canadian Grand Prix, Alex Albon received a call from his new boss. James Vowles dialled his driver’s number to let him know his Sunday effort was “a drive of champions”.
It was easy to see why Albon’s faultless drive, holding back four of his rivals in seemingly faster cars to bring home six points for seventh place, impressed. But that kind of praise, from someone who over the past 20 years had worked with Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, isn’t something you hear after a race that is merely quite good.
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