FILE PHOTO: Red Bull’s Thai driver Alex Albon stands on the podium after the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in the city of Sakhir on Nov 29, 2020. (AFP)
Williams signing Alex Albon says the former champions are on the rise in Formula One and he owes his old friend George Russell a beer for putting in a good word on his behalf.
Russell, 23, is moving on and up to Mercedes next season as team mate to seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton and his support for the Red Bull-backed Thai as his replacement for 2022 was evident.
Williams have struggled since 2018, scoring only one point in 2019 and none in 2020, but are now eighth out of 10 after Russell finished second in a rain-hit and farcical Belgian Grand Prix and Nicholas Latifi was ninth.
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