Albon: ''Never before has my career been so under fire''

Second driver at Red Bull

Halfway through 2019, Albon receives a phone call from Helmut Marko. After six months in Formula 1, the Thai has to jump in at Red Bull Racing to replace the struggling Pierre Gasly. A year later the situation is reversed. Now Gasly is doing well at AlphaTauri and Albon is driven on one lap by his team mate.

At Red Bull, however, the pressure is full, because with one driver you don't become a champion. It is therefore not surprising that there is speculation about a second driver who would be better off driving next to Verstappen. Sergio Perez, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Hulkenberg are the names that go around, but according to Albon this is not entirely fair.

Albon thinks image is unfair

''It's how racing works and I think that will never change. I think people will always talk about Red Bull's seat, that's just inevitable. I don't think it comes from Red Bull itself, but more the way people look at Red Bull. That's unfair'', Albon says to The Race.

After relegations of Daniil Kvyat and Gasly, you can say that Red Bull is not too thrifty with their talents. ''I've never been so under fire in my career before, so that's new. In the lockdown people might talk more about it and that's okay. I'm just doing my job and definitely trying to improve my Saturday'', the Thai concludes.