{"id":298905,"date":"2023-11-28T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298905"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T10:09:24","slug":"alex-albon-gives-fascinating-insight-into-max-verstappens-team-mate-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/racing\/f1\/alex-albon-gives-fascinating-insight-into-max-verstappens-team-mate-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Albon gives fascinating insight into Max Verstappen’s team-mate advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alex Albon has offered an insight into what it was like to go up against\u00a0Max Verstappen, suggesting that the extreme \u2018directness and sharpness\u2019 of the\u00a0Red Bull\u00a0machinery served to his detriment during the 18 months he spent with the Milton Keynes-based team.<\/p>\n

The Thai-British driver was prematurely promoted into the Red Bull team partway through his rookie F1 season in 2019 after Pierre Gasly endured a miserable start to the campaign. He finished in the top six in eight of his first nine races with his new employers, but his form crumbled in 2020.<\/p>\n

Despite clinching two podiums in his first full season with Red Bull, Albon was outqualified at every single race by Verstappen, who finished with over double his team-mate\u2019s points. This ultimately spelled the end of the partnership with Christian Horner opting to replace him with Sergio Perez, who had been ousted by Racing Point to make room for Sebastian Vettel\u2019s arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking about his time as Verstappen\u2019s team-mate on the\u00a0High Performance Podcast<\/em>, Albon explained: \u201cThe first thing is a lot of people say that car is built around him. Truthfully\u2026 the car is what it is.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe has quite a unique driving style actually. It\u2019s not that easy to get along with. My driving style is a bit more on the smooth side, but I like a car that has a good front end, so quite sharp, [and] quite direct. Max does too, but his level of sharp and direct is kind of another\u2026 it\u2019s a whole different level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if you guys play computer games at all, but if you bump up the sensitivity completely to the max and you move that mouse and it\u2019s just darting across the screen everywhere\u2026 that\u2019s kind of how it feels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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