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Alex Albon

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Alex Albon is a Thai and British racing driver who competes under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams. Born in Westminster in 1996 and raised in Suffolk, he is the son of the English racing driver Nigel Albon and his Thai wife. He won the junior World Cup and the European karting championship in 2010, then raced in Formula Renault Eurocup, European Formula 3, GP3, where he was runner-up to Charles Leclerc in 2016, and Formula 2, finishing third in 2018. He debuted for Toro Rosso in 2019 and was promoted to Red Bull mid-season. In 2020 he became the first Thai driver to reach a Formula One podium, at the Tuscan Grand Prix, and repeated it in Bahrain. He has driven for Williams since 2022, finishing eighth in 2025.

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is a Thai and British racing driver who competes under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams
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    is a Thai and British racing driver who competes under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams
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    is a Thai and British racing driver who competes under the Thai flag in Formula One for Williams
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    Albon has achieved two podium finishes and one fastest lap in Formula One
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