Alex Albon spent a year out of Formula 1 in 2021 after losing his Red Bull seat at the end of 2020 but is now back in the sport with Williams.
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Alex Albon believes he has some ‘rust’ to get rid of ahead of the 2022 Formula 1 season. However, his plan is to hit the ground running as early as he can at new team Williams.
Albon spent a year out of the sport in 2021 after losing his Red Bull seat at the end of 2020. But his contribution to the team’s driver’s championship winning season was noted by everyone.
However, the plan for him was always to return to racing full-time. And his plan is simple – get a quick start and improve as the season goes on.
“It’s different… but there is a feeling that there’s going to be a bit of rust to get rid of,” Albon said at the Williams’ 2022 car launch.
“I think on that reset of new car, new regulation, that goes in my favour; it’s a reset for everyone. My plan is to hit the ground running as hard as I can.
“Of course there will be that little bit to go but the team have helped me with that and we’re working together, trying to make sure we can attack straight away.
“And I know I will just get better through the season as will the car – and we’re kind of going together on that.”
Albon further added that it feels good to be back and praised the team spirit at Williams.
“It feels really good. It feels, you know, I spent a while away from the race seat, and to get back into it, get back into the thing that I’ve wanted to do my whole life feels amazing.
“The team’s been super nice. They clearly know what they’re doing and on my side, it was going to a team where, yes, you can tell there’s trust there straight away – they believe in me – and on my side I’m trying to bring as much knowledge, as much experience as I can to them,” he added.
However, he remained tight-lipped over what he and the team can expect from this season at this point in time.
“Well, I think to begin with it’s really about where we started; it’s just our starting point. I feel like if we’re in the midfield, if we’re in the upper midfield, that’s great. If we’re towards the back half, that’s fine.
“It’s all about how quickly can we adapt and overcome? How quickly can we progress through the year? Because some teams are going to get it right, some teams are going to get it wrong.”
