Early Gasly/Albon swap would be ’embarrassing’
Red Bull have been urged not to perform an "embarrassing" mid-season swap between Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly.
Red Bull have been urged not to perform an "embarrassing" mid-season swap between Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly.
Helmut Marko says he is confused by Lewis Hamilton's criticism of Alex Albon as he "called us several times last year" to say the Thai driver should be promoted.
Alex Albon believes the grid is very tight at the Italian Grand Prix, and reckons one tenth could be worth four positions.
Christian Horner says Lewis Hamilton's comments about Alex Albon are "slightly ironic" given he has "taken out" the Red Bull driver twice when on course for a podium.
Lewis Hamilton has suggested that Alex Albon isn't pulling his weight at Red Bull, but the Thai driver "won't listen" to his rival.
Red Bull principal Christian Horner is impressed with Pierre Gasly, but isn't lining him up to replace Alex Albon.
Alex Albon has received a welcome vote of confidence from Dr Helmut Marko, who said the Red Bull driver is “doing great” in races.
Yet again failing to join Max Verstappen in the battle for the podium at Spa, Alex Albon says he's able to ignore "95 percent" of the criticism aimed at him.
Lewis Hamilton has indirectly questioned Alex Albon's support role at Red Bull, saying Max Verstappen is "there on his own" trying to fight Mercedes.
Max Verstappen was very happy with his qualifying performance in Spa having expected to be much further behind Mercedes.
Christian Horner says everyone has an opinion about Alexander Albon and Red Bull but they "don't have really the facts".
Max Verstappen believes Alex Albon is a good fit for the Red Bull team because of the feedback he provides about the car.
Helmut Marko says that he's happy with the performances of Alex Albon and the state of Red Bull's Young Driver Programme in general.
Mercedes may once again be the better team but don't tell Max Verstappen that with Nick Heidfeld impressed with the Red Bull driver.
Constantly dogged by speculation that he could lose his seat, Alex Albon says that comes from an "unfair" perception of "Red Bull kind of being Red Bull".