Alex Albon
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| Alexander Albon | |
|---|---|
 Albon in 2012 | |
| Nationality |  Thai |
| Born | 23 March 1996 London, England |
| GP3 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Car number | 3 |
| Starts | 16 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Best finish | TBA in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2015 2012-2014 2013-14 2012 | European Formula Three Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Alps |
Alexander Albon (born 23 March 1996 in London, England) is a Thai racing driver. He has raced in different racing series, winning championship titles in the 2006 Super 1 Honda National Cadet Championship, 2008 Kartmasters British Grand Prix-KF3, 2009 Formula Kart Stars-KF3, 2009 KF Winter Series-KF3, 2009 Super 1 National KF3 Championship, 2010 CIK-FIA World Cu-KF3 and the 2010 European Championship KF3. He became a part of the Red Bull Junior Team in 2012 and in 2013 he was announced by the Lotus as one of the official junior drivers of Lotus F1 Junior Team Program/Lotus.
Personal life
Alex was born in London, England. His father is a former BTCC and Porsche Carrera Cup driver, Nigel Albon, who encouraged him to race in karts.
Career
Alex started racing in karts, competing in different series in Europe and Asia in 2004-2011 and then made his debut in Formula Renault 2.0 in 2012.
Formula Renault 2.0
Since the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series season as his debut race he was first race for EPIC Racing and then KTR on 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 series season.
- EPIC Racing (2012)
From karting Alex graduated to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup series where he drove for EPIC Racing in his first year in 2012 alongside Kevin Giovesi, Dennis Wusthoff, Konstantin Tereschenko, Kevin Jorg, and Christof von Grunigen and finished in 28th position in the championship with no points.
- KTR (2013-)
In 2013 Albon joined KTR to race in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season alongside Yu Kanamaru and Ignazio D'Agosto and finished in 28th position in the championship, with one fastest lap, one pole position and 22 points overall.
European Formula 3
In 2015, Albon switched to European Formula 3, racing with Signature. He finished seventh overall, with two pole positions (scored at the Norisring), 5 podiums (including four rookie wins) and 187 points overall.
GP3 Series
In December 2015, Albon partook in post season testing with ART Grand Prix. In 2016, Nyck de Vries confirmed Albon as racing in the 2016 season.[1] ART signed Albon later that week.
Racing record
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | EPIC Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17th | ||
| 2013 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | KTR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 16th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 22nd | ||
| 2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | KTR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 3rd |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 17th | ||
| 2015 | FIA European Formula 3 Championship | Signature | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 187 | 7th |
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 13th | ||
| 2016 | GP3 Series | ART Grand Prix | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 173 | 2nd* |
| Masters of Formula 3 | Hitech GP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Signature | Volkswagen | SIL 1 4 |
SIL 2 6 |
SIL 3 6 |
HOC 1 13 |
HOC 2 8 |
HOC 3 9 |
PAU 1 5 |
PAU 2 7 |
PAU 3 NC |
MNZ 1 21 |
MNZ 2 WD |
MNZ 3 WD |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 16 |
SPA 3 9 |
NOR 1 5 |
NOR 2 2 |
NOR 3 3 |
ZAN 1 7 |
ZAN 2 4 |
ZAN 3 8 |
RBR 1 7 |
RBR 2 5 |
RBR 3 8 |
ALG 1 2 |
ALG 2 12 |
ALG 3 Ret |
NÜR 1 12 |
NÜR 2 14 |
NÜR 3 11 |
HOC 1 11 |
HOC 2 Ret |
HOC 3 2 |
7th | 187 |
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ART Grand Prix | ESP FEA 6 |
ESP SPR 1 |
AUT FEA 2 |
AUT SPR 2 |
GBR FEA 1 |
GBR SPR 14 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 1 |
GER FEA 4 |
GER SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 9 |
BEL SPR 10 |
ITA FEA 6 |
ITA SPR 2 |
MAL FEA 1 |
MAL SPR 8 |
ABU FEA |
ABU SPR |
2rd* | 173* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "De Vries joins 2016 GP3 field with ART". 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
We have Charles Leclerc, Alexander Albon [neither confirmed yet], Jake Hughes, Jack Aitken and Kevin Jorg lining up on the grid and Antonio Fuoco is staying for another season. All these guys are capable of winning races
External links
- Alex Albon on Facebook
- Alex Albon career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1996 births
- Living people
- English people of Thai descent
- Sportspeople from London
- English racing drivers
- Thai racing drivers
- Karting World Championship drivers
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees
- European Formula Three Championship drivers