Just this evening, Red Bull Racing released heavy news on its official social platform. The current Toro Rosso driver Albon will start from the Belgian Grand Prix after the summer break, replacing Gasly of the original Red Bull Racing Team for the remaining races. of the F1 Grand Prix. The team stated that it will observe Albon's performance in the next nine games to facilitate the decision of and Verstappen team-mates in 2020.
Before this season, Ricciardo shockingly announced that he would leave Red Bull to join Renault. With Alonso leaving F1 and Sainz joining McLaren, Red Bull's vacant driver candidates seemed to point to Toro Rosso. The team’s “sophomore”—French Gasly.
However, this season, Gasly's performance does not seem to be satisfactory. After a brief improvement in the British Grand Prix, he fell into a slump again. Hungary He finished sixth, but ranked McLaren Racing After Sainz of , and after the accident of Bottas , the team's expectation for Gasly is to finish at least fifth. Although Dr. Marko, the consultant of Red Bull Racing , promised two weeks ago that Gasly would finish the season with Red Bull Racing. But at this time Gasly has lost the trust of the management...
On the other hand, Albon, as a rookie, has shown resilience and maturity beyond his peers. You know, among today's young drivers, Lando Norris once regarded him as his idol. Both Russell and Leclerc praised the Thai man born in London as one of the best players in the F1 paddock in 2019. The best young drivers, although they have already gained a lot of fans, Albon has always proven himself with practical actions!
Do you still remember this year’s F1 China Station? In the third practice of the 1,000th station in F1 history, Albon hit the guardrail. The car was seriously damaged and he was unable to participate in qualifying the day after. This also directly led to starting from the pit lane in the race. However, it was in this absolutely terrible situation that inspired Albon's unlimited potential! In the race, he performed a series of wonderful overtaking performances from 20th place, and finally finished in 10th place. The performance of in the 1000th stop in F1 history is definitely worthy of being remembered by fans!
In fact, Albon's ability is definitely obvious to all. In the pre-season test match in February this year, Albon, who had never driven an F1 car before, tried out the STR13. At that time, Toro Rosso's team leader Tost was very impressed. Satisfied, he said the young man was very good at controlling the car. In the first two races of this season, Albon even surpassed his teammate Kvyat . What is even more valuable is that in the second race in Bahrain, he gained 2 points by finishing ninth. In that battle, Gasly, a driver of the three major teams, only finished 8th...
To talk about Albon's strength, his practical experience can be seen in tire management. In F2, Albon was already very skilled in using tires during the game, which also led to him winning the third place in F2 in the 2018 season. Do you know ? Albon was dropped by Red Bull in 2012 after a difficult year in Formula Renault, which he revealed in an interview almost caused him to leave racing altogether. However, as he helped the DAMS team achieve success in F2 in 2018, he once again returned to people's vision and truly explained what "my destiny is up to me!"
Fans often say that the current F1 is no longer worth watching under the rule of Mercedes. Then it is better to take a look at the existing high-quality rookies. In addition to Leclerc and Norris, Albon may be you. The next thing to focus on!
Oh, by the way, as a driver with Thai descent, there is also a huge market behind him! On the eve of the German Grand Prix, the Toro Rosso Racing Team has just signed a contract with Thai National Petroleum Company 's PTT lubricant, and Albon has undoubtedly become the brand ambassador. It can be said that this is the economic benefit that excellent young drivers can bring. After all, in such a money-burning F1 competition, drivers who are capable and have the ability to "bring goods" have always been in demand!
