Albon says 2025 is his best season as Williams climbs to fifth

Alex Albon says 2025 has been his best season in Formula 1 to date, a view echoed by Williams as the Grove-based team climbs the standings while the Thai-British driver continues to outperform teammate Carlos Sainz. With three fifth-place finishes already and a solid eighth in the drivers’ standings, Albon has helped Williams sit fifth in the Constructors on 70 points, 54 of them his making, as the season nears the halfway mark. He credits the progress to a combination of improved machinery, deeper self-awareness and a better working relationship with the team.

Albon’s reflections on his Red Bull years paint a clear contrast with his current situation. He says his earliest days alongside Max Verstappen were characterized by a narrow focus on personal improvement and a reliance on data to answer questions he hadn’t yet learned to ask. “I was consumed in just myself trying to improve, digging into data and understanding, ‘How can Max do this? And how do I drive around these issues?’ I didn’t really know the right questions to ask,” he explained. That period, he notes, left him with lessons that have paid dividends in his Williams stint, particularly after his year away from the...