Alex Albon: thriving with Williams

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What does 2025 hold for Alex Albon? How has golf changed his approach to Formula 1? Would he like more competition from his teammate?

The Williams driver answers all those questions and more in his first proper catch-up with Tom Clarkson on F1 Beyond The Grid since 2022.

Albon explains the mindset of being a number two driver at Red Bull Racing compared to being team leader at Williams, how his fitness varies so much throughout the season, and why self-care is the most important part of his preparation.

Plus, Alex tells me why he has 13 cats and who the most competitive Padel player in the paddock is.

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0:00.0	Now a team leader, Alex Albon is no longer looking in his mirrors.
0:07.0	When I spoke to you last, a lot of it's just trying to survive, trying to get another contract, trying to get an extension or whatever it was back there.
0:15.0	Now it's more in a position where I feel comfortable.
0:18.0	You're never truly comfortable, but more about being that team player more than having to be selfish to fight for my career.
0:26.0	In 2023, Alex drove Williams to their best season in six years.
0:31.0	He's proven he belongs in Formula One. So what does he want to
0:35.3	achieve both this year and beyond? I want to deny and say there are opportunities
0:40.6	around you know there is a very fluid driver market right now and I think it's exciting, it's moving around.
0:46.5	You're going to have to wait and see, but I love being a part of this team. I love this kind of building
0:51.1	the team around and this upwards progress that we're on is very exciting.
0:55.4	We're here to go racing and then that's it. Hello and welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
1:10.0	Given all the highs and lows he's endured in Formula One, it's hard to believe that Alex Albonne is actually one of the least experienced drivers on the grid.
1:19.0	He's been promoted and demoted by Red Bull Racing. He scored podiums he's been teammate to Max Vastapan and in 2021 he had to watch from the sidelines as a reserve driver but the Alex album I speak to now is confident and calm. Far from just surviving,
1:37.1	Alex is thriving as he and Williams embark on their third season together. His 27 points last year helped the team climb
1:45.0	from last in 2022 to P7 in 2023,
1:49.0	and Team Principal James Vals
1:51.0	is determined to build the team around him.
1:53.8	Throw in more pets and more passions,
1:56.2	and clearly a lot has changed in the two years
1:58.8	since our last proper catch-up on F1 Beyond the Grid.
2:02.2	Alex talks about the impact that playing golf has had on his mentality,
2:06.4	the fascinating way in which his fitness changes during the season, and why self-care
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