Alex Albon believes that his added experience will allow him to handle Red Bull’s “knifeed edge” Formula 1 cars.
Albon won 26 races at Red Bull before being dropped at the end of the 2020 Formula One season.
Like his predecessor, Pierre Guthrie, the Thai driver struggled to match his teammate Max Verstappen.
Since leaving Red Bull, Albon has rebuilt his career with Williams and has established himself as one of Formula 1’s best midfield drivers.
Since Albon’s departure, Sergio Perez, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have had quite a hard time compared to Verstappen.
Perez managed to win the race and help Red Bull win the constructor title twice, but benefited from having the fastest car in Formula 1.
Ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Albon proposed a theory that explains why junior drivers at Red Bull tend to struggle with the main team.
“I think the (Red Bull) car is on the edge of the knife,” he said as Motorsport.com quoted. “I think Max can drive it. Obviously I can talk about it from experience. I struggled a bit.
“It may be my own interpretation, but the RB is a very generous car. It’s very balanced, very stable and gives me confidence.
“And I think it would naturally become such a car because they always have rookies in that car, so the foundation of the team is built on young drivers.
“And Red Bull is almost (the other) extreme. You’re going from one of the most difficult cars. And you have to adapt quite a bit to two very different cars.”
Will Albon be able to return to Red Bull?
Albon continues to be committed to the Williams project.
There were rumours that Red Bull was thinking of returning the Arcón as Red Bull was looking for an alternative to Perez.
Albon has been leading Williams since 2022 and has seen Carlos Sainz so far this year.
Albon admitted that if he had the opportunity to drive for Red Bull again, he could avoid the “unnatural” that the car feels has.
“I think the experience I have now can avoid that,” added Albon. “But that doesn’t feel that natural for most drivers.”
