Alex Albon: Full Biography
Alexander Albon is a Thai and British racing driver who competes in Formula 1 for Williams under the flag of Thailand. Born in London to an English racing-driver father and a Thai mother, he has taken two podium finishes and 318 points from 138 Grand Prix starts.
The Junior Years He won the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup and European Championship in 2010, then spent three seasons in Formula Renault before finishing runner-up to Charles Leclerc in GP3 in 2016 and third in Formula 2 behind George Russell and Lando Norris in 2018. Red Bull had dropped him from their junior programme in 2012, and by late 2018 he had signed to race in Formula E.
Red Bull, Twice Over Toro Rosso gave him a Formula 1 debut in 2019 instead, and Red Bull promoted him to the senior team twelve races later to partner Max Verstappen. He was named FIA and Autosport Rookie of the Year, and in 2020 became the first Thai driver to stand on a Formula 1 podium — at Mugello, and again in Bahrain — before losing the seat to Sergio Pérez.
The Williams Rebuild A year as Red Bull reserve driver and a DTM campaign followed, then a return to the grid with Williams in 2022. In 2023 he scored 27 of the team’s 28 points and carried them to seventh in the Constructors’ Championship; in 2025 he finished eighth overall, the highest-placed of the midfield drivers; and in 2026 he became Williams’ all-time leading Grand Prix starter. He is contracted to the team until at least the end of 2027.
