Williams Racing has announced that Alexander Albon will remain with the F1 team following the 2023 season under a multi-year contract.
Alexander Albon returned to Formula 1 full-time with the Williams F1 Team this season and has led the team’s effort by scoring all three points for 2022.
Alexander Albon’s contract extension was thought to be a formality, but the Williams F1 team has announced that he will remain until 2023.
Alexander Albon, who raced for Scuderia Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing, joined the Williams F1 team this year following spending a season as Red Bull’s reserve driver following being pulled out of the full-time line-up at the end of 2020. Returned to racing in F1.
Red Bull was known to have “future options” for Alexander Albon’s services, but Red Bull Racing has already decided to keep Sergio Perez as Max Verstappen’s teammate until the end of 2024. is doing.
Alexander Albon finished 10th with a bold strategy of pitting on the penultimate lap of the F1 Australian Grand Prix. In addition, he finished ninth in the F1 Miami GP.
The confirmation of Alexander Albon for the Williams F1 team comes following a flurry of announcements in the F1 driver market for 2023, triggered by Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire from F1 at the end of this season.
As a result, Fernando Alonso made a shock transfer from the Alpine F1 team to Aston Martin F1, following which it was announced that Oscar Piastri would step up as his replacement.
However, Oscar Piastri has since issued a statement denying he has signed the deal and will race for the Alpine F1 Team in 2023. It is understood that he has agreed to a deal with McLaren.
Oscar Piastri is widely expected to partner Alexander Albon in the Williams F1 team in 2023, having signed a loan deal from Alpine to replace Nicolas Latifi, although his manager will keep Piastri at Williams. I was hesitant regarding the idea of being in an F1 team.
With Oscar Piastri’s contract dispute continuing between Alpine F1 Team and McLaren, the Williams F1 Team’s focus will shift to finding Alexander Albon’s 2023 teammate.
Nicholas Latifi is expected to leave the team at the end of the season, with American Formula 2 driver Logan Sargent being part of Williams Racing’s development driver programme. .
Another contender for the Williams F1 team’s second seat is reigning Formula E champion Nick De Derby, who was considering a drive for 2022 before the team chose to sign Alexander Albon instead. I have a fleece.
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