Albon thought his Imola drive matched Melbourne

‘ Alex Albon says he believes his drive at Imola was as good as his heroics in the Australian Grand Prix.

Albon has impressed since returning to the Formula 1 grid this season. It took him only three races to earn his first point of the campaign and he has so far handled the transition from a top team like Red Bull to one challenging lower down the field in the form of Williams.

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His point came at the Australian Grand Prix, where he produced a display of supreme tyre management to make the same set last all the way to the penultimate lap of the race.

He was widely praised for his performance and despite finishing one place lower at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and thus out of the points, the 26-year-old believes his drive at Imola was just as good as it had been in Melbourne.

“Honestly, I was really happy with it – it felt like it was just as good as Melbourne for me,” said Albon, as reported by motorsport.com.

“We maximised what we could do. We overtook some cars on track with pace and then they were quicker than us, and we held off.

“We obviously had a low downforce configuration for the weekend, which isn’t fun for the others, but for us it kept us in front.”

The challenge facing the Thai-British driver has changed somewhat since he was last in