Nationality British-Thai Wins 0 Debut season 2015 Poles 2 | Car no. 21 Name Alexander Albon Starts 31 Current team Signature Team | |
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Born 23 March 1996 (age 28)
London, England ( 1996-03-23 ) | ||
Alexander Albon's China Fightback | 2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Alexander Albon (born 23 March 1996 in London, England) is a Thai-British racing driver. He has raced in different racing series, winning championship titles in the 2006 Super 1 Honda National Cadet Championship, 2008 Kartmasters British Grand Prix-KF3, 2009 Formula Kart Stars-KF3, 2009 KF Winter Series-KF3, 2009 Super 1 National KF3 Championship, 2010 CIK-FIA World Cu-KF3 and the 2010 European Championship KF3. He became a part of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2012 and in 2013 he was announced by the Lotus as one of the official junior drivers of Lotus F1 Junior Team Program/Lotus.
Contents
- Alexander Albons China Fightback 2019 Chinese Grand Prix
- Wsr 2 0 2014 aragon egor orudzhev and alexander albon contact
- Personal life
- Career
- Formula Renault 20
- European Formula 3
- GP3 Series
- FIA Formula 2 Championship
- Career summary
- Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
- Complete GP3 Series results
- Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
- References
Wsr 2 0 2014 aragon egor orudzhev and alexander albon contact
Personal life
Albon was born in London, England. His father is a former BTCC and Porsche Carrera Cup driver, Nigel Albon, who encouraged him to race in karts.
Albon's current religion is Buddhism.
Career
Albon started racing in karts, competing in different series in Europe and Asia in 2004-2011 and then made his debut in Formula Renault 2.0 in 2012.
Formula Renault 2.0
Since the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series season as his debut race he was first race for EPIC Racing and then KTR on 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 series season.
From karting Albon graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series where he drove for EPIC Racing in his first year in 2012 alongside Kevin Giovesi, Dennis Wusthoff, Konstantin Tereschenko, Kevin Jorg, and Christof von Grunigen and finished in 28th position in the championship with no points.
In 2013 Albon joined KTR to race in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season alongside Yu Kanamaru and Ignazio D'Agosto and finished in 28th position in the championship, with one fastest lap, one pole position and 22 points overall.
European Formula 3
In 2015, Albon switched to European Formula 3, racing with Signature. He finished seventh overall, with two pole positions (scored at the Norisring), 5 podiums (including four rookie wins) and 187 points overall.
GP3 Series
In December 2015, Albon partook in post season testing with ART Grand Prix. In 2016, Nyck de Vries confirmed Albon as racing in the 2016 season. ART signed Albon later that week and he claimed four wins and finished as vice-champion to teammate Charles Leclerc.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
In February 2017, Albon graduated to the series, reuniting with ART.
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.