Albon will never blame Hamilton for F1 career course

Alex Albon said he does not blame Lewis Hamilton despite two high-profile crashes that dramatically influenced his Red Bull career.

Alex Albon’s time at Red Bull was under the microscope from the moment he first sat in the seat. Struggling to adjust to a car built for his team-mate Max Verstappen and also struggling to produce similar levels of results as the future World Champion, the Thai-British driver was under increasing pressure as the season went on.

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One thing that would have alleviated that pressure would have been his first podium in the sport but he was twice denied by the same man, Lewis Hamilton.

Speaking to the Beyond the Grid podcast, the now Williams driver admitted better results would have allowed him to have a better mindset.

“I do remember in one of the races I was getting bashed like ‘where’s your performance?’ and I was like ‘Hold on a minute, it wasn’t even that bad, everyone chill out a bit,'” he said.

“I think a result would have quietened everything down. I would have had the next six, seven races with a bit less of that noise because the noise started from the very first race of the year it was there. It was quite intense.”

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