James Vowles promotes Alexander from every point of view Albon, not hiding the possibility of seeing him soon too World Champion. The team principal of Williams, in fact, in an exclusive interview with AmuS, analyzed Albon's excellent season, without hiding his great growth, a fundamental element that has distinguished the Thai in 2023: "The Alex you see today – said Vowles – he is different from the Alex when he was at Red Bull or from the Alex at the beginning of the season. He still lacked self-confidence. Now he has her. He's happy, he's a leader, has self-confidence, works in a structured manner and sets direction. It seems like everything comes easy to him".
Vowles confident: “Albon is a leader, he has everything to be world champion”
Albon's 2023 vintage was incredible. After all, the ranking speaks for itself. Sargeant only scored one point during the season, while his teammate was literally unstoppable: “But the simplest thing is often the most difficult. You never know how good one driver is compared to another until you put him in the same car as the other at the same time. If other drivers were to drive a Williams tomorrow, they would probably have a hard time. Today I know from Alex that he gets the most from the machine at your disposal at any time. And every time you put pressure on him, resists pressure. Can deal with a car that is difficult to drive. This experience can be an advantage for him”. An experience that, according to Vowles, can literally make the difference: “For me Alex has the qualities to become world champion once. I say this sincerely. "
“Eighth place seemed like a dream to me, but…”
2023 was the year of Albon, certainty also at Fanta F1. In order to convince, however, you need the steadiness, the same one that the Williams driver is called upon to have if he wants to experience a magical 2024: “This is a very different Williams to the one we saw at the end of 2022 and the start of the season. When I started, I hadn't set a goal where we would finish the championship. I thought ninth place was realistic, eighth place was a dream. We fought for seventh place because Albon did an incredible job. He defended himself in Montreal, Silverstone and Monza against a whole crowd of drivers faster than him. Then we managed to improve the package we have in such a way that we could score points ourselves".
